Light microscope images of E. coli cells in transmitted light (left) and reflected light that picks up the red fluorescence of a dye staining the cells' DNA (right). In normal cells (upper panel ...

It also gained an epi-illumination setup for doing reflected light microscopy. If you’re eager to build a quality microscope with all the controls you personally dream of, this could be a ...

Optical microscopes depend on light, of course ... your 3D printer can become a microscope. Or if you want to really image atoms, try building an atomic force microscope.

The microscope in the picture is a light microscope. It uses focused light passed through the object and two lenses to magnify an image of the object. If looking at an object under the ×4 ...