The most common configurations of biological microscopes are student, benchtop, and research. Student microscopes are the smallest and least expensive type of microscope. They are capable of advanced ...

Electron microscopes use a focused beam of electrons instead of light to "image" the specimen and gain information as to its structure and composition. Common types of information yielded are ...

Science presenter Jon Chase describes three different types of microscope. He explains how a light microscope works, and takes a look at sperm, red and white blood cells, and the surface of a leaf.

In a remote village in eastern India, dozens of underprivileged children are for the first time marveling at the elaborate details of flower petals with the help of a microscope—made out of bamboo.