Destin over at SmarterEveryDay wanted to take an up-close look at the nanostructure of a butterfly’s wing, so he took a few samples to be looked at under a scanning electron microscope. The results ...

In his spare time, biochemist Linden Gledhill collaborates with artists, filmakers, and advertising professionals to create photos of everything from the growth of ice crystals to insects in flight.

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link The world we see with our eyes is just one view of reality, but microscopes can bring a smaller, practically invisible universe within reach.

Brody Melchoirre shows Carter Lee something on the smart board, as the Mahomet-Seymour Middle School sixth-graders connect to a scanning electronic microscope at Stanford University to examine the ...