With the right microscope, kids can examine details on flora and fauna that would be otherwise invisible to the naked eye — some of these are even capable of viewing bacteria in clear ...

What does a holographic microscope look like? Check out the picture, courtesy of the ISS (International Space Station) ...

Microbes - alive and thriving -- have been found sealed within a fracture of 2-billion-year-old rock beneath Earth's surface.

The Dutch haberdasher had crafted some of the first microscopes, never expecting to spy bacteria, sperm cells, red blood cells and much more. Looking through his microscopes, some of which ...

Bacteria can be engineered to sense a variety of molecules, such as pollutants or soil nutrients. In most cases, however, these signals can only be detected by looking at the cells under a microscope ...