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In 1931, electromagnetic lenses helped scientists see a world ordinary microscopes could not reach

In 1931, electron microscopy took a major step forward. The first prototype electron microscope is generally dated to 1931, but Ruska later described the first electron microscope in the modern sense ...
Scientific American

The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding Atoms

Gerd Binnig shared The Kavli Prize in Nanoscience in 2016 for inventing the atomic force microscope. What transformative impact has this invention had on nanoscience? This podcast was produced for The ...
insider.si.edu

The invisible world : early modern philosophy and the invention of the microscope / Catherine Wilson

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NPR

Foldscope: Science From Curiosity And A Little Paper

Manu Prakash is the co-inventor of the Foldscope, a low-cost microscope aimed at making scientific tools available for everyone. We chat with him about why he wants to change how we think about ...
The Scientist

Improvements In Light Microscopy Lead To New Applications

Hosts of new applications have turned the light microscope into an exquisitely sensitive measuring device that can be used to image dynamic cellular events right down to the molecular level. Indeed, ...