Guest Work • May 17, 2016 •
By Ivy Shih, The Conversation When using an electron microscope, having your samples fried or explode isn’t quite the result one wants. But for Professor Paul Dastoor, this was an all-too-common problem. In his work on organic and polymer electronics, conventional electron microscopes were a no-go zone because much of his sample would either boil or blow up … Read More
Peter Griffin • Jan 14, 2014 •
“Where the telescope ends, the microscope begins. Which of the two has the grander view?” wrote Victor Hugo in Les Miserables. That tidbit of microscope trivia and others are nicely outlined in this infographic charting the history of the device that occupies lab benches the world over… … Read More
Grant Jacobs • Nov 30, 2009 •
Fans of popular science, read the highlights of the Royal Society of London’s first 350 years. Scientists, or anyone really, try the original 300-odd year-old manuscripts. Replica of Leeuwnehoeck's microscope (source: wikipedia) It’s not that often than a newspaper article alerts me to a science website that’s worth exploring. The Royal Society’s … Read More