This microscope can enhance up to 80x and has adjustable LED lights to get a clear view into a tiny world. And it's super ...

Encourage children to love science by showing them the world in miniature with some of the best microscopes for kids — here are our favorite models. The best microscopes for kids allow children ...

Traditional microscopy often relies on labeling samples with dyes, but this process is costly and time-consuming. To overcome ...

When most people think about youth learning science, they envision quiet classrooms filled with textbooks, structured lessons, and exams. But what if there was a way to experience science in a ...

Researchers have developed a laser-based microscope that snaps images at attosecond ... physicist Mohammed Hassan and colleagues report August 21 in Science Advances. “I always try to ...

A hybrid microscope allows scientists to simultaneously image the full 3D orientation and position of an ensemble of molecules, such as labeled proteins inside cells. The microscope combines ...

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The way we study plant cells is expanding—literally—thanks to new research from Kevin Cox, an assistant professor of biology ...

When two instruments are thoughtfully combined, they can achieve outcomes that neither could accomplish independently. Such is the case with a new hybrid microscope developed at the Marine ...

Late 1600s – Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek constructed a microscope with a single spherical lens. It magnified up to ×275. 1800s - the optical quality of lenses increased and the ...

The polarized diSPIM microscope, which can image full 3D orientation and position of molecules in cells. The instrument was constructed in the Hari Shroff lab at the National Institute of ...