These colourful pictures of alcoholic drinks under a microscope reveal the molecules that make up our favourite tipples. Credit: Barcroft USA Just like images of snowflakes, each drink is different - ...

They look a bit like psychedelic purple space mushrooms – the sort of thing you might see painted on‘Take me to your dealer’-style student posters. That’s oddly appropriate – as the tiny purple sacs ...

Although it may look like a gruesome monster from the latest sci-fi event movie this is in fact a real creature. But do not worry - the hydrothermal worm is so tiny it requires a powerful microscope ...

Light microscope images of E. coli cells in transmitted light (left) and reflected light that picks up the red fluorescence of a dye staining the cells' DNA (right). In normal cells (upper panel), the ...

US scientists have released the first images of the new coronavirus that's spread to more than 70,000 people worldwide and killed more than 1,700. Scientists at the National Institute of Health (NIH) ...

Microscope picture of human bone cells (IMAGE) Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) Caption A microscope picture of human bone cells (U2OS) showing the localization of ...

After years of development, researchers have managed to shrink two-photon microscopy into a device that can be mounted on rodents’ heads without impeding behaviour. As Weijian Zong stared at a ...

This image of the fearsome poison fangs of a centipede, magnified so that we can see every hair and battle scar, is one of the finalists in the annual Nikon Small World competition. Now in its ...

The winners of the annual Nikon Small World Competition have been revealed. Now in its 43rd year, the contest combines art and science as it recognises the best photos taken under a microscope. This ...