Scanning electron microscope image of wormlike structures 'growing' from dental tubules deep inside a molar. Image courtesy of University of Maryland, Baltimore. Inside a human tooth, more than 50,000 ...

Vinegar eel "flash mob" caught under the microscope! Researchers were stunned when they measured the force of the roiling ...

Sept. 11 (UPI) --Scientists have successfully outfitted an optical microscope with quantum sensors, creating a precise microscope-based thermometer, capable of sensing a "fever" in tiny nematode worms ...

The winners of a microscopic video competition have been announced, and among the remarkable entries is an incredible clip of a tiny tardigrade riding a roundworm. The Nikon Small World in Motion ...

The soil roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans has just 959 cells and a body that is mostly gut and reproductive organs. Yet its reproduction is similar enough to ours that scientists like Francis McNally ...

The nematode worm C. elegans is commonly used by neuroscientists to understand the nervous system. Scientists at Scripps Research in Florida used it in a new way to discover fresh insights about how ...

A cheap lens, flashlight and a little plastic wrap can turn a smart phone into a field microscope to test children for intestinal worms, researchers reported on Monday. Microscopes are scarce in the ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Prick a finger and have the blood checked for parasites — by smartphone? Scientists are turning those ubiquitous phones into microscopes and other medical tools that could help fight ...