microscope
Sign in to saveA microscope () is a laboratory instrument used to examine objects that are too small to be seen by the naked eye. Microscopy is the science of investigating small objects and structures using a microscope. Microscopic means being invisible to the eye unless aided by a microscope.
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A microscope is a laboratory tool that lets you see things too tiny for your eyes to detect on their own. It matters because it enables scientists to study small objects and structures that would otherwise remain invisible, which is essential for fields like medicine, biology, and materials science.
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- History
- Rise of modern light microscopes
- Electron microscopes
- Scanning probe microscopes
- Fluorescence microscopes
- Super resolution microscopes
- X-ray microscopes
- Types
- Optical microscope
- Electron microscope
- Scanning probe
- Other types
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A microscope () is a laboratory instrument used to examine objects that are too small to be seen by the naked eye. Microscopy is the science of investigating small objects and structures using a microscope. Microscopic means being invisible to the eye unless aided by a microscope.
There are many types of microscopes, and they may be grouped in different ways. One way is to describe the method an instrument uses to interact with a sample and produce images, either by sending a beam of light or electrons through a sample in its optical path, by detecting photon emissions from a sample, or by scanning across and a short distance from the surface of a sample using a probe. The most common microscope (and the first to be invented) is the optical microscope, which uses lenses to refract visible light that passed through a thinly sectioned sample to produce an observable image. Other major types of microscopes are the fluorescence microscope, electron microscope (both the transmission electron microscope and the scanning electron microscope) and various types of scanning probe microscopes.