The advantages of cheaper, faster and more precise crystal formation are clear to see. Crystals are used everywhere, from ...

When dust sticks to a surface or a lizard sits on a ceiling, it is due to "nature's invisible glue." Researchers at Chalmers ...

If you think of a single atom as a grain of sand, then a wavelength of visible light—which is a thousand times larger than ...

Chalmers researchers have developed a simple, light-based platform to study the mysterious “invisible glue” that binds materials at the nanoscale. Gold flakes floating in salt water reveal how quantum ...

A new method using gold flakes, salt water, and light reveals the tiny forces that bind matter and drive self-assembly, ...

Over on YouTube [Applied Science] shows us how to make an f/0.38 camera lens using an oil immersion microscope objective. The ...

Zhang You of the Entomological Society of China took first place with an image of a rice weevil—an agricultural pest—on a ...

Researchers at the University of Münster have combined fluorescence microscopy with MALDI mass spectrometry to visualize ...

Determining the authenticity of a diamond requires professional equipment and a highly trained eye. At-home tests do ...

Dark matter remains one of the most mysterious substances in the universe. We can’t see it, but we know it’s out there, ...

In an article in the science journal Nature, researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, the University of Gothenburg ...