An atom is the smallest unit of an element that retains its chemical properties. It is made of protons, neutrons, and electrons. (Image: M ...

Researchers in China have developed an electrical imaging technique using three-dimensional (3D) tomographic conductive atomic force microscopy (TC-AFM) to go beyond indirect characterization of ...

A novel CRISPR defense mechanism, unlike known nucleases, specifically destroys transfer ribonucleic acids (tRNA) that are ...

Learn more about a parasitic spider mite discovered in Brazil, the second of the genus ever described.

Researchers developed a solar collector with a dielectric Bragg mirror, optimizing energy conversion by separating sunlight ...

Cecilia Van Cauwenberghe explains how to measure the future using nanoscale metrology and discusses the global competition ...

It was as if the fossil was grinning at us at the secrets it had been hiding,” said Dr. Martin Smith, but he remembered the time when a 500-million-year-old riddle all at once became clear.

PEEM emerges as a key tool for imaging ultra-confined optical fields, offering high sensitivity and minimal disturbance, ...

To ensure that the tissue structures of biological samples are easily recognizable under the electron microscope, they are ...

Controlling light is an important technological challenge—not just at the large scale of optics in microscopes and telescopes ...

A new microscope lets scientists observe both large structures and tiny particles inside living cells at the same time, ...

Learn more about the polymer film that can change color and texture when electron beams are applied.