The high-powered, “game-changing” microscopes use electrons rather than light to visualize the shape of samples at near-atomic resolution. Only recently have they become available to scientists in the ...

Continuing our monthly interview series " Building a Free Internet of the Future ", we spoke with the team behind the ...

A powerful new microscope, currently available only in three universities in Europe and the USA, will position Britain as a leading centre for nanomaterials, researchers announce today. The ultra-high ...

The University of Cambridge has unveiled a microscope with a resolution that will allow researchers to examine objects a million times smaller than the width of a human hair. The FEI Titan 3 Electron ...

Scientists using the “Octopus” laser system at the UK’s Central Laser Facility (CLF) have published instructions for building a low-cost version of a super-resolution microscope capable of ...

Meteorite analysis Illustration showing how an extremely thin slice of the Winchcombe meteorite, targeting a region-of-interest rich in carbon-containing chemicals, can be precisely extracted for ...

Throughout history, humans have endeavoured to see things that were too small to be perceived with the naked eye in order to understand our complex world. The first magnifier constructed for ...

The 41st Microscope Ball raised over £540,000 to support people living with muscle-wasting conditions, the highest amount ...