The first microscopes, in the 1500s and 1600s, transformed glass panes that looked completely transparent into a universe teeming with bacteria, cells, pollen and intricate crystals. These visionary ...

Versatile, portable, inexpensive and packed with features, the Swift SW200DL Compound Monocular Microscope is an excellent choice for beginners, students or enthusiasts looking for a little fun. Why ...

When viewed from a microscope, the world that we all know and love is and strange and mysterious place. The below images show us what our planet looks like for the organisms that are truly tiny. There ...

The museum has a magnificent collection of microscopes including some fine examples of early compound microscopes such as this one made by John Marshall, one of the leading optical instrument makers ...

A microscope is a scientific instrument used to magnify small objects so they can be seen larger than life. The simplest microscope is a single lens called a magnifying glass. The larger, more ...

A physicist is all set to design an ultra powerful microscope that can look at molecules and objects 20,000 times thinner than a human hair. The new microscope, to be built within the next year, will ...

LONDON: British scientists have invented a new super-powerful electron microscope that can examine objects a million times smaller than a human hair. The £3.7m device dubbed SuperSTEM 3 can pinpoint ...

British scientists have invented a new super-powerful electron microscope that can examine objects a million times smaller than a human hair. It was unveiled on Thursday by the Engineering and ...