Nikon’s Small World competition has been running for nearly 50 years and it is one of the most compelling and reliably spectacular photo contests in the world. Focusing on the microscopic photography, ...

A photo of an ant’s face magnified five times to the microscopic level is regarded as quite a horrifying experience. Lithuanian wildlife photographer Eugenijus Kavaliauskas submitted a microscopic ...

Nikon's Small World competition recognizes the art and science of microscope photography. This year's winning images reveal firing neurons, the vessels of leaves and eyeballs, and colorful crystals ...

Modern microscopes are essentially very specialized camera systems with a powerful zoom, so it’s not surprising that some of the images scientists take while they work are stunning artworks in their ...

An extremely close-up shot of an ant’s face has gone viral online. The photograph was taken by Lithuanian wildlife photographer Dr. Eugenijus Kavaliauskas, who, according to The New York Post, ...

Ever wondered what the inside of a dinosaur bone looks like in close-up? Or how about a few grains of pollen caught in knots of cotton fabric? Wonder no more thanks to a hand-picked look at highlights ...

COLLEGE STATION – Like a band of detectives surveying the movement of a criminal, researchers using photographic technology have caught at least one culprit in the act. In this case, electron ...

Nikon, the international technology company, is known for its specialty optical instruments, like microscopes, but also for its cameras—both of which are created from Nikon’s very own glass. For the ...

Tamdhu celebrates the launch of its rare 43 Year Old whisky, the first in The Dedication Collection, with stunning microscopic photography by Peter Woitschikowski that reveals the hidden beauty of the ...

Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www ...

A unique laboratory at Michigan Tech captured microscopic photography of snowflakes in a demonstration of the lab's high-powered scanning electron microscope. The Applied Chemical and Morphological ...