Scientists have built microscopic, light-powered robots that can think, swim, and operate independently at the scale of ...

New device could be used to observe structures as small as individual proteins, as well as the environment in which they move ...

Controlling light is an important technological challenge—not just at the large scale of optics in microscopes and telescopes ...

A device smaller than a grain of dust is emerging as a surprisingly powerful candidate to reshape how quantum computers are ...

Human vision feels complete and reliable, yet a growing body of research suggests our eyes and brains are constantly editing reality, hiding some things while revealing others. At the same time, new ...

It’s relatively easy to understand how optical microscopes work at low magnifications: one lens magnifies an image, the next magnifies the already-magnified image, and so on until it reaches the eye ...

The field of soft robotics creates robots made of materials such as elastic, silicone rubber, or gels for the purpose of working in conjunction with people. Extremely maneuverable and often lacking ...

The Slow Mo Guys shared a new perspective on the complex inner workings of an Omega Speedmaster mechanical watch using a couple of Phantom slow motion cameras upgraded with microscope lenses. At ...

Eight-year-old S. Hariraj is a Foldscope devotee. He's used it to look at the milk from the cows his parents raise. Though the milk looks creamy, the Foldscope reveals a world of microorganisms. "It ...

Students at Eden School in northern India prepare specimens they've collected to examine in the Foldscope. The paper microscope, invented a decade ago, is given for free for schools in lower resource ...