The following sections cover the basic concepts and technologies that underpin the construction and operation of an atomic force microscope. An atomic force microscope is optimized for measuring ...

Arco Bast studies how neurons communicate. Earlier this year, the Janelia postdoc encountered a more mechanical version of ...

While pursuing a bioengineering PhD at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Wesley Legant ran into a frustrating roadblock: he had ideas, but the equipment to carry them out didn’t yet ...

A new microscope can be printed on a flat piece of paper and assembled with a few extra components in less than 10 minutes. All the parts to make it cost less than a dollar, according to Stanford ...

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 ...

Achromatic lenses and semi-plan lenses are used to improve the alignment of colors at the focal point in order to provide a clearer image. They differ in terms of glass type, cost, and index of ...

Metallurgical microscopes are used for metallurgical inspection, including metals, ceramics, and other materials. A microscope is an instrument capable of producing a magnified image of a small object ...

Fundamentally, a microscope comprises two subsystems: an illumination system to illuminate the sample and an imaging system that produces a magnified image of the light that has interacted with the ...

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 ...