Following is a transcript of the video. These rotating orbs are alive. Each one is a colony of hundreds of cells which work together to form the lifeform volvox. Volvox is a resident of Brooklyn. But ...

Under the microscope a drop of pond scum can give hours of delightful study. What feels between the fingers like slime is, microscopically, an open lake crowded with queer vegetable and animal life.

A new microscopy technique allows researchers to visualize liquids at the nanoscale level -- about 10 times more resolution than with traditional transmission electron microscopy -- for the first time ...

The resolution of the microscope is limited by the physics of light and the system itself, so the instrument can only detect the sum of these individual contributions—their combined brightness. Like ...

A lot goes into developing a healthy fishing pond. Long before fish are stocked, fertilizer is spread or feed is delivered, fish producers should know whether their water quality is holding them back, ...