Microscopes

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Interesting Applications for Thermal Imaging Microscopes

In the wide range of microscopes available, quite a few have different applications. While you may expect most microscope models to display close-up microscopic images, some can translate those images into other forms.  The thermal imaging microscope is one such example. A thermal imaging microscope is a type of microscope that uses infrared radiation, producing

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Making the Case for Dual Microscopes: The Lab Workhorses

You’ve likely encountered this scenario before if you’re in a scientific or medicinal study field. You’re examining a specimen and want to compare two different samples under a single microscope. This can prove tricky with a single-lens microscope, as you want to avoid putting two samples under the same examination space. This is where dual

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Do You Know What an Acoustic Microscope Is? Listen Up!

In the world of science, one can use many different kinds of microscopes, including the acoustic microscope. When you hear the word acoustic, your brain might jump to instruments like acoustic guitars. While these microscopes have nothing to do with acoustic musical instruments, they use the same acoustics to capture the images you’re looking for. 

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Properly Setting Up Koehler Alignment in a Microscope

Understanding Koehler Alignment Before we understand Koehler alignment – the main topic of this article – let’s go into a bit of the history behind its conception.  Koehler alignment was invented by August Koehler, a 19th-20th-century German scientist. His publication, “A New System of Illumination for Photomicrographic Purposes,” was a revolutionary foray into solving problems that plagued

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How to Buy a Microscope: The Ultimate Buyer’s Guide

Understanding Microscopes There are a plethora of different microscopes types out there: simple and compound microscopes, stereo microscopes, digital microscopes, fluorescence microscopes, confocal microscopes, and scanning probe microscopes. Check out this informative article for descriptions, anatomies, functions, and applications. In this article, we will look at microscopes from another lens (get it?): the definitive guide

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