When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Sean Anthony Eddy via Getty Images A microscope’s job is to magnify the minuscule world ...

Don’t judge a book by its cover, even if it’s wrapped in Red Bull. A TikTok account run by @micromagic6 examines foods under a microscope, such as raw meats, fruits and popular beverages. The account ...

Microbes make a home among the starch grains of your sourdough starter. Daniel Veghte, CC BY-SA Sourdough is the oldest kind of leavened bread in recorded history, and people have been eating it for ...

A microscope’s job is to magnify the minuscule world around us. We can observe the tiniest objects, organisms and materials, and investigate their form, texture and composition, to witness what would ...

Although caffeine is the most widely used drug in the world, many people may not know what the substance actually looks like. In April 2024, a post on Reddit (archive) claimed to show "Caffeine ...

Ghost imaging is like a game of Battleship. Instead of seeing an object directly, scientists use entangled photons to remove the background and reveal its silhouette. This method can be used to study ...

YEAST CELLS — Brewing yeast cells are seen under a microscope as part of a study on nonalcoholic beer. Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted.

In the course of scientific research, beautiful images can appear in simulations, under microscopes or in photography. They can offer a window into the process of scientific research to the public, as ...

Microscope images that look this way usually get a lot of their color from polarized light—but not this one. Valeriia Poliukhova, a postdoctoral researcher at Georgia Tech, captured this photo using ...

A microscopic ‘Christmas tree’ is a seasonal highlight of a remarkable science project that sees a quirky comparison of vast and small. Curated by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, a series of ...