The zebra longwing butterfly's orange egg contains cyanide and other toxins ingested by adults from the plants they eat. The images were made with a scanning electron microscope, which uses beams ...

Day to day, it might be tempting to take plants for granted. But you'd do so at your peril; our leafy brethren are staggeringly complex, as revealed when they're put under the microscope.

The Coca-Cola Company, Tetra Pak, Bel, and Arla Foods are amongst the members of a public-private consortium investigating potential food safety and quality risks of microbial contaminants in ...

At first glance, the image (seen below) might look like a sci-fi plant structure ... took about three hours of precise observation under the microscope to capture the right moment, involving ...