A microscope with only one lens.

A microscope with more than one lens, arranged so that the image formed by one lens is further magnified by another.

plural of microwave oven

The science and technology associated with the design and use of atomic force microscopes

(physics) A device used to map the atomic structure of a surface by measuring the force acting on the very fine tip of a wire moved over the surface

A scientist whose speciality is microbiology.

A very small, localised collection of pus.

A form of light microscopy in which small differences in refractive index of a transparent specimen are converted into amplitude (contrast) differences in the final image.

(physics) A scanning transmission electron microscope that is able to focus electrons to a probe of about 0.14 nm and thus distinguish individual atoms.

(physics) An electron microscope that transmits a very narrow beam of electrons through a sample; it can detect individual large or heavy atoms.