Atomic-scale detail is now possible with photons, thanks to a cooled-down silver tip and a clever use of plasmonics.

South Australia is dealing with an "unprecedented" environmental disaster, which has spread throughout the coastline, killing ...

The new OM System OM-3 is a digital update of a film SLR of the same name from 1983, incorporating technology recently found ...

Red meat allergy, or alpha-gal syndrome, was first reported in 2009 and is still relatively rare but is on the rise.

Through her ritualized walks, which have become central to her life, Hudspith discovered insect trails in the wood of fallen trees. The language-like shapes left by the insects became the inspiration ...

American Vickie Moretz got the last seat on a flight to the UK in 1982, finding herself sat next to Englishman Graham Kidner.

It's a pretty risky business trying to take a blood sample from a polar bear—one of the most dangerous predators on the ...

Using advanced metasurfaces, researchers can now twist light to uncover hidden images and detect molecular handedness, potentially revolutionizing data encryption, biosensing, and drug safety.

From a silhouetted space station to glowing comet tails and swirling stars, this year's ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest inspires us to see the cosmos in a new light ...

The fact that Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the sky over Earth, visible with the naked eye, has made it one of ...

A team of NYU chemists and physicists are using cutting-edge tools—holographic microscopy and super-resolution imaging—to ...

The revolutionary invention of autochromes changed photography. As those pictures decay, they're revealing a new kind of ...