Scientists have unlocked the vibrant colours of dinosaurs by examining microscopic fossilised structures called melanosomes.

The winners of a scientific microscopic imaging competition have been announced and, mesmerizingly, the winning photo brings to mind stars and other cosmic phenomena you’d expect to see depicted in an ...

Montana State University received a $10.7 million NIH COBRE award to launch CAMP, expanding biomedical research, training and ...

Gold nanoparticles, which are about one-thousandth the width of a human hair, can convert light they receive from a laser ...

Among the vast diversity of mammalian species, one creature stands out for its truly exceptional fur – the platypus. While many might associate this semi-aquatic egg-laying mammal with its duck-like ...

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It turns out you can quite literally see an analog signal if the conditions are right—and you look closely enough. Reading time 3 minutes Despite their futuristic appearance—for our money, they’re ...

Scientists have created the smallest QR code in the world, measuring just 3.07 × 10⁻⁹ square inches (1.98 square micrometers). It can preserve data for thousands of years and it's so small that you ...

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.

Just how small can a QR code be? Small enough that it can only be recognized with an electron microscope. A research team at TU Wien, working together with the data storage technology company Cerabyte ...