When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Sean Anthony Eddy via Getty Images A microscope’s job is to magnify the minuscule world ...

Tea leaves under the microscope (IMAGE) Northwestern University Caption Scanning electron microscope image of black tea leaves, magnified by 300 times. Black tea, which is wilted and fully oxidized, ...

A close-look of a red aglaonema leaf under a microscope.

A lotus grows in ponds and lakes where the water can be brown with silt, algae, and decaying plants. Yet the leaves often look freshly washed. Water beads up, r ...

A scanning electron microscope reveals nematodes (highlighted in green) inside the spongy mesophyll of a European beech (Fagus sylvatica) leaf infected with beech leaf disease (BLD). Eggs are marked ...