Take a close look at plastic cheese under the microscope and uncover a shocking discovery.

A microscope exposes surprising living organisms lurking on an everyday toothbrush most people use without a second thought.

Microscopy continues to transform the life sciences. Here are five recent breakthroughs made possible by the technique.

Extremophile molds are invading art museums and devouring their collections. Stigma and climate change have fueled their ...

Last summer I polled the great art houses of Europe with a seemingly straightforward question: Had they had any recent experiences with mold in their collections? Mold is a perennial scourge in ...

For over a century, scientists have been fascinated by bacteriophages, the tiny viruses that naturally hunt and kill bacteria. University of Otago researchers are turning to these microscopic ...

Measuring just 200 by 300 by 50 micrometers — smaller than a grain of salt and roughly the size of a single-celled paramecium ...

Scientists can peer into cells to get a limited view of their activity using microscopes and other tools. However, cells and ...

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a suite of algorithms to automate the counting of sister ...

In a new study, we and an international team of scientists examined the behavior of marine viruses in a large band of ...

They race, they leap, they spin, they shoot. Meet the organisms for whom physical prowess is more than sport — it’s a matter ...