Ancient microbial activity preserved in wrinkled seafloor sediments challenges assumptions about where traces of early life can survive.

Lithium dendrites, i.e. tiny crystalline thorns that grow off of lithium-ion battery anodes during charging, have been a ...

Hunter-gatherers in Europe carefully selected ingredients and cooked complex foods, often pairing fish with specific plants, ...

Illustrating showing Thomas Edison holding graphene on the left and a man with safety goggles holding a large blue crystal on the right Crystal craze: Fortuitous experiments led to graphene in a ...

A self-propelled nanoparticle engineered through computer simulation could bring laboratory-grade cancer detection to ...

Abstract: The continuous miniaturization of semiconductor patterns improves performance but also leads to frequent pattern disruptions that significantly reduce manufacturing yields. In the field, ...

Scientists have used lab-grown microbes to bind loose desert sand into a thin, stable layer that wind cannot easily blow away. That stronger surface gives restoration teams time to plant shrubs and ...

Two LSU researchers applied two major software upgrades to the school’s scanning electron microscope, opening the doors to further geological research and information. Brandon Shuck and Erini Poulaki ...

For those of us who weren't paying attention, over the last few years, scientists around the world have been one-upping each other in a bid to create the smallest QR code that can be reliably read.

The stage is aglow with teal, silver and blue gossamer. The jellyfish are in white, with translucent tentacles flowing toward the ground. The mermaids are finned and sparkling in the ocean light. The ...

Abstract: Detecting electron microscope images of cashmere and wool fibers is challenging; traditional manual methods struggle to distinguish between them. Cashmere and wool fibers are extremely ...

In this video I invite you to play a quick game of What’s Under My Microscope with me in my classroom. Using a digital microscope, I zoom all the way in on three mystery objects, from easy to hard, ...