Let's take a look at how to observe cells under a microscope. No prizes for guessing the first thing you'll need: a microscope. But don't worry if you don't have one of your own. Ask your school ...

You should not look through the microscope to do this. Line it up so that the specimen - if you can see it - is in the centre of the stage, where the light passes through. Focus the slide by ...

SEM conversion holder, we can convert a scanning electron microscope into a scanning transmission microscope. Neat!

Nowadays, if you have a microscope, you probably have a camera of some sort attached. [Applied Science] shows how you can add an array of tiny LEDs and some compute power to produce high ...