Glass may fracture in a way similar to metals, but at a thousand times smaller scale. Collateral damage. As a crack propagates through glass, nanometer-scale regions of damage start small (top), grow ...

A microscope's job is to magnify the minuscule world around us. We can observe the tiniest objects, organisms and materials, and investigate their form, texture and composition, to witness what would ...

The world around you contains hidden universes of breathtaking complexity and alien beauty. Every grain of salt, every strand of hair, and every drop of pond water harbors microscopic landscapes that ...