When the microscope was invented around 1590, suddenly we saw a new world of living things in our water, in our food and under our nose. But it's unclear who invented the microscope. Some ...

His microscopes were little more than powerful ... But he also hinted that he had invented his own advanced method of glass-blowing "with which nonspherical lenses could be produced"—a remark ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A journey that began nearly a century ago, when scientists invented ...

But in the 1930s, a new kind of microscope was invented, which took our eyes further than they'd ever been before, to places we'd never seen before - the electron microscope. The specimen is put ...

Christoph Gerber, who co-invented the atomic force microscope, tells Matthew Chalmers how the AFM came about 30 years ago and why it continues to shape research at the nanoscale Nano-vision Christoph ...