Scanning electron microscope image of wormlike structures 'growing' from dental tubules deep inside a molar. Image courtesy of University of Maryland, Baltimore. Inside a human tooth, more than 50,000 ...

Sept. 11 (UPI) --Scientists have successfully outfitted an optical microscope with quantum sensors, creating a precise microscope-based thermometer, capable of sensing a "fever" in tiny nematode worms ...

Smart phones may offer an affordable, portable way to diagnose intestinal worm infection, the most common infection in developing countries. Isaac Bogoch at Toronto General Hospital in Canada and his ...

The nematode worm C. elegans is commonly used by neuroscientists to understand the nervous system. Scientists at Scripps Research in Florida used it in a new way to discover fresh insights about how ...

The soil roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans has just 959 cells and a body that is mostly gut and reproductive organs. Yet its reproduction is similar enough to ours that scientists like Francis McNally ...

Vinegar eel "flash mob" caught under the microscope! Researchers were stunned when they measured the force of the roiling ...

A cheap lens, flashlight and a little plastic wrap can turn a smart phone into a field microscope to test children for intestinal worms, researchers reported on Monday. Microscopes are scarce in the ...