There are several different types of scanning probe microscopes, the most prominent of which are atomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). There are also many other ...

Electron microscopes are extremely versatile instruments, which can offer various types of information according to the user’s requirements. In this article, the different types of electrons that are ...

As light microscopy developed, more forms using different techniques were invented. One of the types of microscopy within the broader light microscopy group is fluorescence microscopy ...

To explore the meaning of inter-instrumentality, Chris Toumey provided samples of his blood and hair to be imaged by four different types of microscope. Here he describes the results. Before ...

Aug. 11, 2006 -- A new type of microscopy invented by Xiaowei Zhuang ... hundreds of times with repeated exposure to light with different colors. Zhuang, Bates, and colleague Tim Blosser ...