While micrometers are pretty expensive devices, reflecting their high precision engineering and construction, this micrometer cost me only about £8, or just under $10, definitely in the spirit of ...

Did you know that the camera sensor in your smartphone could help unlock the secrets of antimatter? The AEgIS collaboration, ...

A couple of years ago we published a look at precision measurement tools, in particular vernier calipers and micrometer screw gauges. It featured a look at how they work and how they’re used ...

Scientists have repurposed smartphone camera sensors to create a detector capable of tracking antiproton annihilations in real time with unprecedented resolution. This new device can pinpoint ...

Scientists have developed a tiny flower-shaped structure that’s made of a nickel-iron alloy to concentrate and locally ...