MICROSCOPISTS who are hampered by wearing eyeglasses (that is, pince-nez) often find that when their work requires reference to books or other objects on the table, the incessant business of taking ...

Microscopes are of three basic types: optical, electron (or ion), and scanning probe. The modern optical or light microscope was developed in the mid-19th century. Optical microscopes use transparent ...

Optical microscopy is a technique employed to closely view a sample through the magnification of a lens with visible light. This is the traditional form of microscopy, which was first invented before ...

A new microscopy technique allows scientists to see single-atom-thick boron nitride by making it glow under infrared light.

Question from Nora in Ms. Fitzpatrick’s class. A microscope is an instrument that lets you magnify and see really small things that you cannot distinguish with your naked eye. The earliest microscopes ...

For centuries diffraction limited the resolution of optical microscopy. The past 50 years have, however, seen one limitation after another buckle under the ingenuity of a host of wide-ranging ...

WITH reference to T. H. T.'s suggestion (NATURE, Jan. 28, p. 137) for dealing with eyeglasses while using the microscope, I find it quite sufficient to remove the cap from the eyepiece of the ...