A new microscope is capable of live imaging of biological processes in such detail that moving protein complexes are visible.

The tiny device uses a tightly focused beam of light to capture and manipulate cells. MIT researchers have developed a miniature, chip-based “tractor beam,” like the one that captures the Millennium ...

Researchers at Cornell have unveiled an advanced imaging technology capable of unprecedented deep and wide-field ...

Your GP shines a light in your eyes, orders a blood test and requests some medical imaging. All rely on light to help ...

Paleontologists don’t always get what they are digging for. In January 2020, a team from the Argentine Museum of Natural Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences was hoping to find some feathered ...

When narrowing down our list of the best binoculars, I looked for those that had good magnification, could keep images bright and steady, and had great light-gathering power, without being too ...

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While dark mornings are inevitable in winter, turning the clocks back gives us an extra hour of natural light. At least 15 minutes' exposure to natural daylight, as early as possible in the day ...

Having a compact pair of binoculars will also prepare you for the appearance of the elusive 'blaze star' T Coronae Borealis, located in the Corona Borealis constellation 3,000 light-years from ...

Or, aim your binoculars at the reddish light of Mars when it appears close to the waning moon on Oct. 22 to bring our neighboring planet to life. (For more night sky events, read our monthly ...