Imagine peering into a microscope and finding yourself in a garden. That's the case at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, where researchers have found a way to shape microscopic ...

Blue sharks possess a secret hidden in their skin: a sophisticated arrangement of microscopic crystals and pigments that create their brilliant blue appearance — and may allow them to change color.

Often compared to the kernels popping and bouncing under the heat conveyed through microwave, the thermosalient ("thermo" relates to heat whereas "salient" means pointing outward of an angle) effect, ...