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In a new study published in Communications Biology, a team of researchers redescribe Palaeocampa anthrax as the first known nonmarine lobopodian, and the youngest ever discovered. The fossil, which ...
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The stereo function of the Celestron Labs S10-60 makes this microscope perfect for 3D viewing, for those with a little experience.
Using the Celestron PentaView LCD digital microscope to send previously photographed cheek cell specimens, at 200X magnification, to a laptop and Smartboard, directly from the microscope’s SD card.
The paper microscope, invented a decade ago, is given for free for schools in lower resource countries, giving students a different perspective on specimens from ants to pollen.
We recommend some level of illumination for any microscope, but especially monocular microscopes where students may be expected to identify elements in a specimen, like cells.
Compound microscopes also have higher resolution for viewing specimens with greater clarity. Stereo microscopes have low magnification power and are used for viewing objects in 3D.
The SU3900SE specimen stage has been redesigned to enable operators to observe heavy specimens up to 5 kg. The specimen stage is the largest in Hitachi High-Tech's scanning electron microscope ...
Unlike optical microscopes which are commonly used in schools and use visible light, electron microscopes focus beams of electrons on specimens.
An elemental map generated by one of the museum’s analytical microscopes, revealing the presence of carbon, zinc and sulfur in the mandible of a fossilized beetle specimen. Tim Rose, NMNH ...