The Foldscope brings a powerful science tool to schools that can't afford microscopes. Scientists use it too. Its creators ...

Wiltshire, Sir William Henry Fox Talbot, known as the father of modern photography, was a British visionary whose name is etched in the annals. He passed away on September 17, 1877. In 1833, while ...

It’s hard to escape the channel, and the appointments this week show the continued appetite among senior leaders for a fresh challenge and an opportunity to bring their experience to bear on a ...

The origin story of nachos is as fascinating as the dish itself. It is believed that in 1943, a Mexican chef named Ignacio “Nacho" Anaya invented this delicious snack when a group of hungry American ...

Learn more › Pocket microscopes are a way to take a sense of adventure with you wherever you go. These tiny machines allow you to zoom in and see an object’s surface or even look at cells ...

The La-Z-Boy was invented in 1927 by Edward Knabusch and Edwin Shoemaker. A pair of cousins from Michigan, the pair ...

Thanks to the diffraction limit, scientists could use the light microscope to see cells but not the proteins inside them or a virus attacking them. But there are optical microscopes today that can ...

I had to find the right field of view where the differentiated and non-differentiated cells interacted.This took about three hours of precise observation under the microscope to capture the right ...

The first couple of years in retirement are often the most difficult. But they also can set the stage for how you’ll fill the years ahead—both financially and psychologically. Stephen Kreider ...

The parade was announced by My Spirit Halloween and attracted thousands of Dublin locals to gather along a route from Parnell Square to Temple Bar for an event supposedly organised by Galway arts ...

A single expansion Boyden’s lab invented expansion microscopy in 2015 ... using a conventional light microscope. This allows them see cell structures like microtubules and mitochondria, as well as ...