Ultrathin structures that can bend, focus, or filter light, metasurfaces are reshaping how scientists think about optics.

Within the span of 26 hours last weekend, two mass shootings in Bronzeville injured 12 people — including critically wounding a 17-year-old — both within blocks of one another and minutes away from ...

L-theanine is an amino acid naturally found in tea leaves. First linked to tea’s calming effects in the 1940s, it is now sold as a supplement for stress relief, focus and better sleep. Research into ...

Vertical tilt extreme close-up of face and hands of Caucasian female researcher in goggles and gloves adjusting focus with handle on electronic microscope before viewing tissue sample Royalty-free ...

Microscopes have long been scientists’ eyes into the unseen, revealing everything from bustling cells to viruses and nanoscale structures. However, even the most powerful optical microscopes have been ...

The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The diver-operated ...

An image of the coral Stylophora pistillata taken with the new micrsope, BUMP. Each polyp has a mouth and a set of tentacles, and the red dots are individual microalgae residing inside the coral ...

Scripps Oceanography scientists develop cutting-edge microscope to study coral photosynthesis and health An image of Montipora coral polyps taken by the BUMP microscope, a new instrument developed by ...

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich and the Technical University of Munich have developed a new microscope that significantly improves how bioluminescent signals in living cells can be observed. The ...