There are two types of microscopes available: simple and compound microscopes. A simple microscope is equipped with one lens but a compound microscope has both an eyepiece and an objective lens.

Take a means of investigation with you with these tiny, travelable microscopes that let you explore the big small world.

Researchers from Madrid explain a phenomenon that allows the direction of light emission to be controlled at the atomic scale ...

Dr. Myro Figura (@doctormyro) and Dr. Dana Brems (@footdocdana) posted a TikTok video reacting to a seemingly clean hand being put under a microscope ... 3,000 different types of germs on ...

Thanks to the diffraction limit, scientists could use the light microscope to see cells but not the proteins inside them or a virus attacking them. But there are optical microscopes today that can ...

This research introduces new techniques to significantly improve the field of view of three-photon microscopy. Scientists can ...

From spines on neurons to pollen on an insect’s eye, the winners of Nikon’s Small World photo contest offer a kaleidoscopic glimpse into a tiny world.

British health officials say they have identified four cases of the new, more infectious version of mpox that first emerged ...

Understanding how a single cell develops into an entire body – whether it’s a fish, a worm, or a mammal – is one of biology’s ...

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, introduced a groundbreaking transmission electron microscope to a packed room of attendees at the recent ...

Scientists have developed a new method of genetic analysis, which extracts more precise data than previously used methods when looking at DNA, and will improve our understanding of the genetic basis ...