Instruments and Labs

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (414+ words) Familiar things can look very strange when viewed under a microscope – which is why each week we bring you a fresh microscope mystery to put your detective skills to the test. This week's mystery looks almost cosmic – a scatter of…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (40+ words) KEZI Children had a hands-on opportunity Wednesday to learn more about musical instruments thanks to a musical instrument ‘petting zoo’ coordinated with the Eugene Symphony at local Eugene Public Library branches. Watch KEZI 9 News...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (253+ words) When designing microscopes, optical engineers have long faced a trade-off between speed, field of view and resolution. But improving one of these properties typically comes at the expense of another. Now, a UC Berkeley-led team of researchers has found a…...

1+ mon, 17+ hour ago   (394+ words) Fine-grained segmentation of Gyrodactylus opisthaptoral hard structures is challenging because of small targets, weak boundaries, local deformation, and debris interference. Using 175 microscopy images at a resolution of 2048×2048, we constructed a four-class pixel-level dataset and designed task-specific augmentation strategies. We propose…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (492+ words) ©G. Chevalier Fustec, Swift & Swallow, No. 62, C-Print on expired Highgloss paper, 2022-2026CInsta: @G.Chevalier_Fustec ©G. Chevalier Fustec, Swift & Swallow, nNo. 7, C-Print on expired Highgloss paper, 2022-2026 AD: You use a variety of formats, films, papers, materials. Tell me about your first camera and…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (190+ words) Artforum What Is Wild Is Sacred In The Ark at Powerhouse Arts Through August 30, Powerhouse Arts hosts The Ark, a menagerie of animal sculptures that turn Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal into a site of reflection and engagement with the more-than-human…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (327+ words) In 2013, I personally reviewed the Canon 28mm f2.8 IS for EF mount. This is a lens that I didn’t expect to like. In fact, compared to the Canon 35mm f2 IS that I was reviewing at the time, I was pleasantly surprised. I even…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (227+ words) Published Jul 15, 2026 9:46 AM EDT There’s light pollution — and then there are giant orbital space mirrors that blot out the night sky. “We’re trying to build something that could replace fossil fuels and really power everything,” CEO Ben Nowack told The…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (512+ words) Nikon is holding a contest called ' Nikon's Small World ' to celebrate photographs that capture the mysterious beauty of the microscopic world taken using optical microscopes. To commemorate the 101st anniversary of Nikon's microscope business in July 2026, a special exhibition, ' Nikon Small…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (405+ words) It took him five years to develop the concept and file the patent in the United States and China in 2024. A year later, the first Nodus Obscura debuted as a 100-piece limited edition. The watch offers an Exposure Gauge complication…...