A new lens-free imaging system uses software to see finer details from farther away than optical systems ever could before.

During chemical reactions, atoms in the reacting substances break their bonds and re-arrange, forming different chemical ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a colorful portrait of a nearby stellar cradle, revealing a wealth of insights about ...

Using short laser pulses, researchers have imaged the exact moment an ammonia molecule bends and sheds a hydrogen atom.

Florida State University scientists have engineered a new crystal that forces atomic magnets to swirl into complex, repeating ...

By replacing bulky lenses with software-driven sensor arrays, the researchers unlock a new era of flexible, high-resolution ...

Scientists discover water that's solid and liquid. Superionic ice found in lab could explain Uranus and Neptune's bizarre ...

Scientists at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have refined an X-ray diffraction technique for detecting biological structures ...

A laser. A droplet. Then a 10-micron elephant is born, inside a cell. This isn't science fiction. It's already happening.

Researchers used consumer-grade 3D printers to create sub-$1 optical lenses that enable super-resolution nanoscale biological ...

Custom polymer structures can now be 3D printed inside living cells using laser-based fabrication, opening paths to intracellular sensors, cell tracking tags, and embedded microlasers.

Taking images of tiny structures within cells is tricky business. One technique, cryogenic electron tomography (cryoET), ...