University of Manchester scientists have produced the world’s most powerful optical microscope, which could help understand the causes of many viruses and diseases. Writing in the journal Nature ...

Each year the Nikon Small World contest awards the best microscope images taken by amateur and professional photographers. I helped judge the 40th competition in 2014, and it wasn't easy.

The world we see with our eyes is just one view of reality, but microscopes can bring a smaller, practically invisible universe within reach. Photographs taken through the lenses of a high-power ...