It also gained an epi-illumination setup for doing reflected light microscopy. If you’re eager to build a quality microscope with all the controls you personally dream of, this could be a ...

it is essential to have a good understanding of how a basic light microscope works, and what variations exist today. Simple and compound microscopes A single lens can be used as a magnifying glass ...

An idea inspired by the "X element" By the 1880s, scientists had established methods for staining chromosomes so that they could be easily visualized using a simple light microscope. With this ...

Portable optical light microscopes are widely used tools in the field of microscopy. Found in laboratories both large and small, as well as schools and colleges, they are a simple and elegant ...

The very best microscopes were approaching a limit by the beginning of the 20 th century. A traditional optical (light) microscope can't resolve objects smaller than the wavelength of visible light.

Up until recently, viruses seemed to be simple things. Too tiny to be seen ... particle that's so big it's visible with a standard light microscope. The new virus appears completely unrelated ...