and having a choice of eyepiece lenses enables the higher magnifications necessary for cell microscopy. Thus, we recommend the versatile Swift SW200DL Compound Monocular Microscope as an excellent ...

Here’s an oldie but a goodie. [RunnerPack] stumbled upon an article from 2001 about building a stereo microscope from a pair of binoculars and a camera lens. With a ring light attached to the ...

If you want to take pictures of tiny things close up, you need a macro lens. Or a microscope. [Nicholas Sherlock] thought “Why not both?” He designed a 3D-printed microscope lens adapter that ...

In a truly futuristic feat, researchers from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, have built a 3D-printed microscope in under three hours, costing a total of around $60 / £50 / AU$95 – ...

Using visible wavelengths of light on the 400 – 700 nanometer (nm) range, the standard array of magnifying lenses in a compound microscope permits sample magnification by up to 1000x.

While much cheaper than standard equipment, there was a caveat: a microscope’s specially crafted glass lenses often cost hundreds of dollars, putting the tools out of many people’s price range.

The most common microscopes in schools and universities are compound, stereo (binocular) and digital microscopes. These are the units we will focus on in this guide. Below is an overview of the ...

She and her colleagues previously worked out how to 3D-print lenses like those used in microscopes, which led to the breakthrough. Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox! We'll also keep ...

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 the ...