FARMINGTON – Scientists in specialized vans and planes will survey the skies over the Four Corners this month to learn more about a mysterious methane bloom. In a packed lecture hall at San Juan ...

With the invention of the electron microscope five decades ago, scientists have discovered blob-like structures in cells that mysteriously form, move and then disappear. Despite that the existence of ...

When the video starts, this wiggling, glowing blue blob seen under a new high-resolution microscope doesn’t look like much. But in just 26 seconds you and I can watch the blob’s tiny cells multiply, ...

All blobs are good — but some blobs are legendary. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When scientists discover a round, lumpy object ...

Dean GuernseyCraig Yoshioka, research assistant professor of biomedical engineering, OHSU School of Medicine explains how the cryo-EM microscope operates at OHSU in Portland in June. Portland has long ...

Two massive blob-like structures deep in Earth’s mantle are revealing a bigger picture about geological phenomena like volcanoes and plate tectonics. One blob lies deep beneath the African continent, ...

What you're looking at above is not bubbles of melted gold on a rusted surface. It's dried-up blobs of espresso coffee. The high-power microscope image is part of Nikon Small World, a contest that ...