The secret of Leeuwenhoeks lenses
This is a great article on work done by the TU Delft Reactor Institute, investigating how Antonie van Leeuwenhoek made […]
Free eBooks? Yes, please!
This is a little off topic but as I have been doing a bit of science history research lately I […]
Endless forms most beautiful
If you don’t have time to make it to a museum today, take a stroll around the website of Dr. […]
The smallest movie in the world
In 2013, researchers at IBM made the worlds smallest movie – A Boy and His Atom. The team were researching […]
Willard Wigan microscopic art
The worlds of science and art don’t often collide. The works by Willard Wigan, however, certainly help bridge the gap, […]
Ireland’s Great Telescope
Today I’m taking a small divergence from microscopy to that of astronomy. The telescope is a close cousin of the […]
The Virtual Microscope
This is a great site for anyone who in interested in geology or meterology. I came across this site in […]
The Underwater Microscope
Researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, have developed a microscope that works underwater. Previously, if scientists wanted […]
Micropia – the microscopic museum
If you are in Amsterdam you should make some time to visit the only museum in the world dedicated to […]
Nikons Small World Photomicrography competition
Since 1975 Nikon has been running one of the most fascinating photography competitions in the world! Specifically aimed at the […]