This article serves as a basic introduction to the design and operation of an atomic force microscope. The following sections cover the basic concepts and technologies that help understand the ...

We need microscopes to study most cells. Microscopes are used to produce magnified images. There are two main types of microscope: Glass was developed by the Romans in the first century. Since then, ...

Figure 1: An example of the use of the mmTIRFM in a CoSMoS experiment to study spliceosome assembly. Multiwavelength TIRFM often uses an objective-based setup in which TIR is generated by focusing the ...

Olympus has introduced the all-in-one FSX100 fluorescence and FluoView FV10i confocal laser scanning microscope systems to enable even the most inexperienced users to create high-end research images.

The ProZ motorised focus stand from Prior Scientific is the ideal solution for viewing and imaging of samples that may be too large, or irregularly shaped, to be fitted onto a standard microscope ...

My first microscope came in a small wooden box about one-third the size of a standard shoe box (not Frye boot size!) that neatly housed the microscope and five surgical tools: two scalpels, one pair ...

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 microscopes are ...

The PureFocus850 from Prior Scientific enhances the functionality of existing microscope systems by automatically recovering and maintaining focus during sample imaging Focus on versatility the ...