What’s a budding scientist to do when he/she can’t gain practice doing science in an actual lab? Why, take advantage of virtual labs, of course! The Virtual Labs: Using a Microscope app is one of a ...

Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have advanced research in thermionics, with the aid of a magnetic microscope unique to Berkeley Lab, to more efficiently convert solar energy.

There are now various attachments that allow you to capture microscope-scale images with your smartphone. Unfortunately, however, the limitations of the phone's lens and image sensor mean that those ...