These microscopic images from Nature Through Microscope and Camera (1909), by Arthur E Smith, look more like abstract works ...

This is seen as a promising ... The undissolved exoskeletons (insect shell) and any microplastics could be distinguished from each other using an optical microscope with polarized light.

While beautiful to look at through a microscope, these tiny wasps are also killers of the most resourceful kind. When we think of wasps we tend to imagine a yellow and black striped insect with a ...