The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power ...

Chemical reactions are the backbone of modern society: the energy we use, the medicines we take, our housing materials, even the foods we eat, are created by reacting different substances together. If ...

They see a microscopic flash at fertilization, a burst of fluorescence that marks a sudden release of zinc from the human egg ...

Transmission electron microscopes (TEMs) have been advancing our knowledge of the very small for nearly 100 years. Since their advent, they have helped scientists see structures as small as individual ...

A new dual-light microscope lets researchers observe micro- and nanoscale activity inside living cells without using dyes.

Hybrid materials made of magnets and superconductors give rise to fascinating quantum phenomena, which are so sensitive that ...

University of Tokyo researchers have created a powerful new microscope that captures both forward- and back-scattered light at once, letting scientists see everything from large cell structures to ...

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have built a microscope that can detect a signal over an intensity range 14 times ...

A new microscope from the University of Tokyo captures both micro and nano structures without dyes. It reveals a clearer and more complete view into living cells.