To ensure our bodies function correctly, the cells that compose them must operate properly. Imagine a cell as a bustling city ...

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

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

Abstract: Ultraviolet (UV) radiation harms humans and has a chronic effect on the skin and eyes. This article presents a metal-free, highly transparent zinc oxide-based UV sensor. To avoid the ...

A new kind of microscope is giving scientists a way to watch life inside cells with a clarity that feels almost unfair. Instead of choosing between seeing big structures or tiny particles, researchers ...

It’s relatively easy to understand how optical microscopes work at low magnifications: one lens magnifies an image, the next magnifies the already-magnified image, and so on until it reaches the eye ...

Transparent pie doesn’t look like a dessert that should inspire devotion. It’s pale, modest, and smooth on top — no meringue spirals, no fruit glisten, no dramatic lattice. Yet in and around Maysville ...

If you enjoyed this article, I’d like to ask for your support. Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical moment in ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X After an initial screening at South By Southwest in March, Another Simple Favor will have its ...

Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick’s dynamic duo will return in Paul Feig’s sequel to A Simple Favor (2018). The 2025 film follows its predecessor, a twisted mystery of sorts that involved Lively’s Emily ...