Welcome to Microscope Source

Welcome to Microscope Source! With modern-day technology, microscopes and their uses are becoming more and more prevalent. From highly scientifc and biological uses to amateur and educational work, there are many different types of microscopes available with many useful features. Use the menu to the left of the page to navigate through our catalogue of microscopes to learn more.

A microscope is mechanical device primarily used for looking at materials and object that so small that they are not viewable by the naked eye alone. Using the combined sciences of opticals and light reflection, manipulated and controlled through lenses, a microscope can be used to view items undetectable by human sight, such as bacteria.

Before you buy a microscope you will need to work out exactly what you want to use it for and how it will best meet your needs. Simple microscopes use one or more lenses to enhance and enlarge images, and are good for simple educational work. Compound microscopes have two lenses: one for the eyepiece and one of short focal length for objective perspective. These multiple lenses work to minimize both chromatic and spherical aberrations so that the view is unobstructed and uncorrupted.

Latest Microscope News

• Microscope looks into cells of living fish - Phys.Org
Microscope looks into cells of living fishPhys.OrgCredit: NIH, KIT Microscopes provide valuable insights in the structure and dynamics of cells, in particular when the latter remain in their natural environment. However, this is very difficult especially for higher organisms.and more&nbsp&raquo

• Axio Zoom.V16 Zoom Microscope - Photonics.com
Photonics.comAxio Zoom.V16 Zoom MicroscopePhotonics.comV16 manufactured by Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH combines the benefits of stereomicroscopes, such as zoom optics and long working distances, with the higher resolutions of light microscopes. In comparable image fields, Axio Zoom.

• Big event at UA to study the very small - Phys.Org (press release)
Big event at UA to study the very smallPhys.Org press releaseThe LEAP's introduction to science in 2003 provided a renaissance in the atom probe field by allowing millions of atoms to be collected in minutes, rather than hours as done with older generation microscopes. In 2007, UA became the fourth university in

• Money for microscopes at Scotts Valley High - Aptos Times
Money for microscopes at Scotts Valley HighAptos TimesThe Scotts Valley High School Parent Club is getting 1000 toward a project to buy 20 new microscopes for biology students, thanks to Jondi Gumz and Soroptimist International of Capitola-by-the-Sea. Gumz, a reporter for the Santa Cruz Sentinel and a

• New microscope allows scientists to look in at same time - Daily Northwestern
New microscope allows scientists to look in at same timeDaily NorthwesternBy Izzy A. Boncimino Northwestern researchers can now see the view through their colleagues' microscopes from halfway around the world using an innovative desktop video conferencing software developed by NU Feinberg School of Medicine and NU