The Museum has around 2.5 million microscope slides in its collections, which are either vertically or horizontally stored. The Digital Collections Programme has developed a slide digitisation ...

You should not look through the microscope to do this. Place the microscope slide – either one you have prepared, or a permanent slide – on the stage. Line it up so that the specimen – if ...

Our picks of the best microscopes for kids encourage children to investigate the world around them, enjoy seeing the world in miniature and develop a love for science and STEM. We've included ...

Alcohol is used in disinfectants (think GermEx), and disinfectants are solely used to kill bacteria. And while we’re playing devil’s advocate, alcohol can also sterilize good bacteria, so it’s a toss ...

Israel-based artist Monoson Yahud, a microscope photographer of 20 years, merged 100 different photos to create this image (magnified 40X). "Only through a microscope," Yahud wrote in his photo ...

Why you can trust Live Science Our expert reviewers ... but worth it to see the prepared slides in 3D. Some more economic stereo microscopes give three-dimensional images at the expense of ...