Seeing the small world up close gives students a clearer picture of the larger world around us. Here are the microscopes to help them get started. By John Alexander Published Apr 10, 2024 4:00 PM EDT ...

Researchers say the innovation, known as SmartEM, will speed scanning sevenfold and open the field of connectomics to a ...

Black Friday is often a great time for holiday and Christmas shopping, particularly when it comes to buying gifts for kids. However, if you have budding young scientists on your hands, we think these ...

Stanford University's Manu Prakash is looking to give away 10,000 Foldscopes to field testers with interesting ideas for how to use the 50-cent gadget. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she ...

Before we get started - NIGHTSEA is an interesting name for a scientific instrument company. Where did that come from? My fascination with fluorescence arose from SCUBA diving at night. A long time ...

For those of you who haven’t visited the websites of Carl Zeiss or Nikon lately, fluorescent microscopes are expensive. Typically, microscopes of the sort required by pathologists to make diagnosis ...

If your kid can’t get enough animal books, Nat Geo documentaries and time roaming around your backyard collecting bugs, it might be time to take their exploration to a new, tangible level with ...

At any given moment, there are approximately a zillion crowdfunding campaigns on the web. Take a stroll through Kickstarter or Indiegogo, and you’ll find no shortage of weird, useless, and downright ...

The Smithsonian marine ecosystems exhibit at the St. Lucie County Aquarium in Fort Pierce gives visitors an up-close look at the complex ecosystems along the Treasure Coast. With the aquarium's six ...