Galen Rowell / Corbis Since there are 100,000 known fungus species ... of rotted wood cells magnified up to 8,000 times by an electron microscope. One picture zoomed in on a dime-size piece ...

This makes it easier to view the fungus under the microscope. Special stains such as Parker's blue ink can the fungus even more visible. A Wood's lamp, commonly used to diagnose other fungal skin ...

Vinegar eel "flash mob" caught under the microscope! Researchers were stunned when they measured the force of the roiling ...

Earlier this year, scientists discovered a peculiar term appearing in published papers: “vegetative electron microscopy”.

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Today's super-resolution microscopes have made it possible to observe the nanoscale world with unprecedented detail. However, they require fluorescent tags, which reveal structural details but provide ...

Tapeworms don't evoke warm thoughts in most people, but if you happen to take a close look at them, you'll realize they're ...

Diamonds with certain optically active defects can be used as highly sensitive sensors or qubits for quantum computers, where the quantum information is stored in the electron spin state of these ...

The outbreak that causes the entire world to collapse in The Last of Us comes from a mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus, and our non-zombie zombies come from this fungus and the infection it ...

When shopping for a laptop on a tight budget — like, under $500 tight — you'll want to pay close attention to what you're buying. In the highly competitive laptop market, you really do get ...

Mario Krenn has a unique job in the field of physics. As the research group leader at the Artificial Scientist Lab at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen, Germany, he builds ...