It’s relatively easy to understand how optical microscopes work at low magnifications: one lens magnifies an image, the next magnifies the already-magnified image, and so on until it reaches the eye ...

Scientists at the University of California San Diego have come up with a straightforward but powerful way to predict problems in lithium metal batteries, using a common imaging tool called scanning ...

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Abstract: We describe a relatively simple construction of a sample-scanning laser confocal microscope without the need of the custom-made control electronics. And we modified the input laser beam into ...

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A microscope is an essential instrument for scientific research, allowing us to observe things that are too small for the naked eye. Making your own microscope can be both educational and enjoyable.

Optical microscopes typically max out at anywhere between 500x to 1,500x magnification, at which point you need to switch to a scanning microscope to zoom any closer. They come with some functional ...