Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration of attomicroscope firing three beams Electron microscopy has existed for nearly a century, but a record-breaking ...

Listed in the Guinness World Records, this tiny electric motor needs a special kind of microscope capable of making out a single atom to be seen.

In 1931, physicists Knoll and Ruska unveiled the first electron microscope, revolutionizing science by using magnetic lenses ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Physicists have created the world’s fastest microscope, and it’s so quick that it can spot electrons in motion. The new device, a ...

The world around you contains hidden universes of breathtaking complexity and alien beauty. Every grain of salt, every strand of hair, and every drop of pond water harbors microscopic landscapes that ...

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory made a big leap in their research into all things small. Within the past few months, scientists there began using what they say is the world’s most ...