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Download this image gallery to see how a variety of techniques have been used to capture stunning images of the world beyond the naked eye.

Researchers spend their lives in pursuit of a scientific breakthrough. So, when that "eureka" moment finally arrives, of course it is tempting to give that groundbreaking discovery an absurd and memorable name. This list highlights four haunting Halloween-inspired scientific terms.

A gallery of beautiful images of brain cells at the sub-micron level.

Our environment is filled with a multitude of microbes, some harmful others not. However, some organisms have taken coexisting a step further and developed relationships, or symbioses, with microbial partners. Here we consider some of the successful symbiotic relationships found in nature.

This list details the current brain stimulation technologies on the market and describes the future direction of these technologies.

In this list we highlight 8 exciting examples of recently developed “organs in a dish”.

If Valentines wasn’t for you, Twitter had your back with #AcademicValentines.

We asked you to tell us how you would describe your job to a 5-year-old, here is a selection of our favourites.

Here we discuss the 8 main types of water contaminants, and how they can be prevented.

In our weekly round up we speak to Harriet Williams of The Jackson Laboratory about developing better models of Alzheimer's Disease