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While the microscope as we know it today emerged in the 17th century, the concept of magnifying objects using lenses dates back to ancient times. The ancient Egyptians and Romans used simple lenses ...

Scientists in Manchester have developed a so-called 'super lens' which quadruples the power of conventional microscopes by combining lenses with tiny glass beads. It'll enable objects, such as viruses ...

Science writer Philip Ball examines the philosophical impact of the invention of the microscope and the discovery of the world of the invisibly small. Show more Science writer and broadcaster Philip ...

He opened up a new world, paving the way for nanotechnology. Gerd Binnig shared the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope. For the first time, the ...

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