In the mid- to late-19th century, science gripped the public imagination. Literacy rates were rising, feeding demand for books. Theories, put forward in books like Charles Darwin's Origin of Species, ...

Wesley R. Coe, professor of zoology at Yale during the early 20th century, devoted his career to studying ribbon worms — a group of mostly marine-dwelling creatures that includes more than 1,000 known ...

Most conventional light microscopes have a resolution of 200 nanometers – this means that imaged objects which are any closer together won't be seen as separate items. A new high-tech microscope slide ...

Today’s advanced digital microscopes feature sophisticated digital imaging technology and superior quality optics, enabling even novice users to instantly capture high-quality images and produce ...

For centuries, the field of pathology has been defined by a single instrument: the microscope. But according to William Westra, MD, vice chair of Anatomic Pathology at Moffitt Cancer Center, the field ...

When I was younger, I spent a lot of time collecting things around the house and using a microscope to examine them. While I had a lot of fun examining things, the one thing that was lacking was the ...