The research offers new insights on interactions between creatures on the mysterious seafloor and sheds light on the methane ...

You don’t have to be a numismatist to enjoy looking at coins under a microscope. An enthusiast will be able to find pockets of lead, patterns of lustre and flaws from heating, cooling and striking ...

Well, some people claim they ‘never want to drink tap water again’ after seeing it under a microscope with what appears to be ...

Volcanoes are one of the most mysterious and captivating places on Earth. Cracks or openings in Earth's crust on their slopes and at their bases lead to the release of hot gases and steam. These ...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (small rod-shaped bacteria) swarms toward and around a neighboring Cryptococcus neoformans (round ...

A false-colored scanning electron microscope image of a sourdough starter shows starch grains (green), yeast (red) and bacteria (blue). Daniel Veghte, CC BY-SA Giving rise to the starter is the ...

By far, the highlight of our time with the AmScope M150C was when we took it to the pond to look at microorganisms in the water. Designed with portability in mind, this microscope is small and ...

where it’s far easier to see microorganisms. To observe these liquids, Van Leeuwenhoek filled a small glass capsule, glued it to the microscope’s pin, and held the instrument up to light.

Mixing them produces a live culture where yeast and bacteria ferment the sugars in ... community in my family's sourdough starter with the microscope I use in my day-to-day research.