A team of researchers at the University of Iowa has created a new infrared cryo microscope. The homemade microscope was created to enable the recent study aimed at deepening the understanding of ...

Using a homemade, high-tech microscope, scientists have revealed how a cancer-causing virus anchors itself to our DNA. That discovery could pave the way for doctors to cure incurable diseases by ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A journey that began nearly a century ago, when scientists invented ...

Using a homemade, high-tech microscope, scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have revealed how a cancer-causing virus anchors itself to our DNA. That discovery could pave the ...

Magnifying the otherwise invisible world of microorganisms has advanced fundamental science—and fascinated the public—since Dutch cloth merchant Antoni van Leeuwenhoek first gazed on bacteria using a ...

Nearly 350 years ago, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek needed a homemade microscope to see bacteria that floated in a single drop of rainwater. A study published in Science yesterday (June 23) now documents a ...

5 common mistakes made by novice microscope users and how to prevent or overcome them. With the huge range of microscopes on the market, many specific problems can arise and your first port of call ...

M. Mitchell Smith, PhD, (left) built the laser microscope even though his background is in molecular genetics, not microscope building. He is pictured with collaborators Margaret J. Grant and Dean H.

M. Mitchell Smith (from left), Margaret J. Grant and Dean H. Kedes have discovered how a cancer-causing virus clings to our DNA. Targeting that tether could let doctors cure diseases by flushing ...