Microscopes
– Help Scientists Explore Hidden
Worlds
The microscope is an invaluable
tool in today's research and education. It is used in
a wide range of scientific fields, where major
discoveries in biology, medicine and materials
research are based on advances in microscopy.
From the simple light
microscope different techniques have evolved, aimed
at making it possible to see certain objects or
processes. Scientists use electron microscopes in
order to get extraordinary resolution, microscopes
that give three-dimensional images of surfaces or
biological molecules, and microscopes that mark out
specific substances.
Here, you can learn more about
these different microscopes and what the scientist
studies with them. You can also try the techniques of
Nobel Prize Laureates by yourself in our microscope
simulators.
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