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For the first time, researchers have managed to isolate and directly observe individual oxygen atoms inside liquid water, ...

Researchers have shown that consumer-grade 3D printers and low-cost materials can be used to produce multi-element optical ...

A new kind of microscope is giving scientists a way to watch life inside cells with a clarity that feels almost unfair.

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a suite of algorithms to automate the counting of sister ...

Astronauts on the International Space Station were not only treated to a sight from Earth's atmosphere recently but also ...

New device could be used to observe structures as small as individual proteins, as well as the environment in which they move ...

Cells do more than carry out chemical reactions. New theoretical work suggests they may also generate usable electrical ...

A new study in Nature Physics has turned an old problem on its head by reporting a way to use the noisy interactions between ...

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After the January 2025 Moss Landing battery storage fire, researchers found nickel, manganese and cobalt particles raining ...