Select a label to explore the strengths and weaknesses of eight types of microscope. Discover why individual scientists have chosen ...
Since Antonie van Leeuwenhoek first saw mysterious ‘animalcules’ (bacteria) through his simple glass lens in the late 1600s, scientists have ...
Electron microscopes were developed in the 1930s to enable us to look more closely at objects than is possible with ...
In this activity, students make a simple microscope with everyday materials.
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