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

The winners of the 51st annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition have been announced, celebrating over five decades of excellence in microscopy and digital imaging. First place was ...

Quantum mechanics is rich with paradoxes and contradictions. It describes a microscopic world in which particles exist in a ...

The winners of a microscopic video competition have been announced, and among the remarkable entries is an incredible clip of a tiny tardigrade riding a roundworm. The Nikon Small World in Motion ...

Scientists have created robots smaller than a grain of salt that can sense their surroundings, make decisions, and move ...

A recent review published in Engineering highlights particle vision analysis (PVA), a rapidly developing field at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and microscopic imaging. The review ...

Researchers are taking thermodynamics to a whole new level: the microscopic level. The science of heat and energy exchange underpins most of our modern life, as well as the fate of the universe.

"Put up your dukes." A palm weevil, a type of beetle, looks as though it is spoiling for a fight. Each year, rigorous science and dazzling artistry meet in Nikon's Small World photomicrography ...

Scientists at King’s College London have built the world’s hottest engine—one so extreme that it reaches temperatures higher than the core of the sun. The engine isn’t a motor like you’d find in a car ...

Extremely close-up images of a cannabis plant, spider eyes and a mouse brain are among the winners of the 50th annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition. A panel of judges selected 20 ...

Technically speaking, an engine is a device that converts some form of energy into mechanical energy. Taking that definition to heart, physicists harnessed the strange rules of microscopic physics and ...