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Using a tiny, spherical glass lens sandwiched between two brass plates, the 17th-century Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was the first to officially describe red blood cells and sperm cells ...

Imaging technology has transformed how we observe the universe—from mapping distant galaxies with radio telescope arrays to ...

A microscope that cost less than £50 and took under 3 hours to build using a common 3D printer could be transformative for ...

For centuries, the field of pathology has been defined by a single instrument: the microscope. But according to William ...

A new manufacturing technique called "3D necroprinting" repurposes mosquito proboscises as biodegradable nozzles for 3D ...

In a study published in Nature Methods on December 2, a research team led by Profs. Xu Tao and Ji Wei from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a ...

Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators have developed a new type of lidar—a laser-based remote-sensing ...

In reliability engineering, few indicators are as consistently revealing as the particles that infiltrate a lubrication ...

A major breakthrough in battery science reveals why promising single-crystal lithium-ion batteries haven’t lived up to ...

High-energy-density lithium-ion batteries are essential for next-generation electric vehicles and energy storage systems.