The museum has a magnificent collection of microscopes including some fine examples of early compound microscopes such as this one made by John Marshall, one of the leading optical instrument ...

Researchers have designed and built the world’s first microscope made entirely from 3D-printed parts. And because the open-source plans are already available online, almost anyone can assemble ...

The world’s first fully 3D-printed microscope can be made in a few hours and for a fraction of the cost of traditional ones.

Late 1600s – Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek constructed a microscope with a single spherical lens. It magnified up to ×275. 1800s - the optical quality of lenses increased and the ...

University of Arizona researchers in America have set an incredible record - the world's fastest electron microscope.