When Colin Purrington looked at a sample of dried figs under a microscope recently, he answered a question that had been bugging him for years. Inside the chewy fruits, he found the shriveled remains ...

It shouldn't be all that surprising that some insects look downright terrifying under a microscope. It's not as if the creatures are widely known for their majestic beauty in general, though specific ...

Take a microscopic look at the intricate structure of a wasp stinger and discover how nature engineers such precise biological tools. This close-up reveals surprising details you’d never notice with ...

Philadelphia — When Colin Purrington looked at a sample of dried figs under a microscope recently, he answered a question that had been bugging him for years. Inside the chewy fruits, he found the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Although the video shows what appears to be a microscopic view of mites crawling around on instant ramen noodles, there isn't ...

Cate Wallace (left) and T. Josek in front of the environmental scanning electron microscope used for Bugscope in the Beckman Institute's Microscopy Suite. Bugscope is gearing up to celebrate 25 years ...

Bugscope is gearing up to celebrate 25 years of science outreach and education. Since its inception in 1998, the free, web-based outreach program has connected thousands of students with microscopists ...