What looks like pool noodles is actually a close-up of dental floss. This image emphasizes the need for flossing by showing ...

Our skin supports a wide variety of life, including fungi, tiny mites in our eyelash follicles, and several types of bacteria. Here is a microscopic view of these tiny creatures from the documentary ...

But collagen isn’t always kind. It’s an ephemeral visitor that begins to bid farewell as early as our 20s. If you’ve started ...

The microneedle patches used in this study are made from hyaluronic acid crosslinked with polyethylene glycol (PEG), both of which are biocompatible and commonly used in medical applications. The ...

A microscopic view of a tick’s feeding appendage, with the chelicerae on top (hinged tips labeled cd, telescoping portion labeled cm) and the hypostome on bottom (labeled hy).

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The Nikon Small World contest highlights the best microscope images taken each year. Some of the photos in the 2019 cohort showcase spiders, lice, larvae, and fish skeletons in rarely seen detail ...

University of British Columbia researchers have developed a specialized microscope that has the potential ability to both diagnose diseases that include skin cancer and perform incredibly precise ...

A photo of an ant’s face magnified five times to the microscopic level is regarded as quite a horrifying experience.

A revolutionary dissolvable scaffold for growing new areas of skin could provide a safer, more effective way of treating burns, diabetic ulcers and similar injuries.

When NASA’s Space Technology 5 (ST5) satellites launch tomorrow, one of the three overhead projector-sized micro-satellites will be “wearing” this device on its “skin” to demonstrate ...