Nikon's Small World competition recognizes the art and science of microscope photography. This year's winning images reveal firing neurons, the vessels of leaves and eyeballs, and colorful crystals ...

Modern microscopes are essentially very specialized camera systems with a powerful zoom, so it’s not surprising that some of the images scientists take while they work are stunning artworks in their ...

An extremely close-up shot of an ant’s face has gone viral online. The photograph was taken by Lithuanian wildlife photographer Dr. Eugenijus Kavaliauskas, who, according to The New York Post, ...

Americans purchase more than 25 billion doses of acetaminophen each year. Most people pop those pills into their mouth without a second thought. To you, they're just pills. But to Peter Juzak, they're ...

This story originally featured on Popular Science. A journey that began nearly a century ago, when scientists invented the first electron microscope, has taken yet another step. “This is the ...

Orange lines and gold squiggles radiate from the dark center of the image like some sort of astral projection. The vibrant composition actually captures a rodent optic nerve head with its brilliant ...