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A unique laboratory at Michigan Tech captured microscopic photography of snowflakes in a demonstration of the lab's high-powered scanning electron microscope. The Applied Chemical and Morphological ...

Farmer Wilson Bentley was the first to photograph the tiny snow crystals individually, and his collection reveals that each has its own pattern Kayla Randall | Digital Editor, Museums Snowflakes form ...

Microscopy used to be a rarity in the hobby electronics world. But anyone doing lab work has always needed a microscope and with today’s tiny parts, it is almost a necessity. However, [Nathan Myhrvold ...

Any snowfall can be a headache and all-out nuisance for many of us each winter. Yet Mother Nature's burden is also a wonder to behold. For photographer Nathan Myhrvold, capturing the beauty of ...

STRONGER WINDS. THE STATEWIDE BURN BAN LASTS UNTIL MAY 14TH. WE'VE ALL HEARD THE PHRASE "NO TWO SNOWFLAKES ARE ALIKE" ... BUT DID YOU KNOW A VERMONT FARMER WAS THE FIRST TO SHARE THAT DISCOVERY WITH ...