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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* [http://www.nature.com/news/specials/microscopy/index.html Microscopy Special.] ''Nature News Specials'' 3 June 2009.
* [http://www.nature.com/news/specials/microscopy/index.html Microscopy Special.] ''Nature News Specials'' 3 June 2009.
::Microscopes are biologists' window to life — and advances in microscopy over recent years are revealing some breathtaking new views. Here Nature profiles five microscopes that are changing the ways that researchers see the world, and examines the challenges involved in collecting and interpreting the microscopic image.
:* [http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090603/full/459629a.html Introduction: Magnifying power]: New microscopes are revealing sights that have never been seen before. Nature profiles five machines that are changing how biologists view the world.
:* [http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090603/full/459630a.html Seeing the system]: The single plane illumination microscope allows living samples to be monitored over hours or days. Alison Abbott looks into a future of systems microscopy.
:* [http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090603/full/459632a.html Microscope for the masses]: Could microscopes be mass produced for as little as $10 apiece? Erika Check Hayden profiles the 'scope-on-a-chip' that could enable high-throughput imaging.
:* [http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090603/full/459634a.html The big and the bold]: The ultrahigh voltage electron microscope in Osaka is the most powerful of its kind in the world. David Cyranoski sees a monster at work.
:* [http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090603/full/459636a.html The naked microscope]: Can biologists bear to part with their molecular tags? Heidi Ledford reports on the microscope in a Harvard basement that allows researchers to go label-free.
:* [http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090603/full/459638a.html The glorious resolution]: Stefan Hell has engineered a light microscope able to resolve structures that were once thought off limits. Alison Abbot reports on a super-resolution machine.
:* [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v459/n7247/full/459615a.html Microscopic marvels]: Microscopes are changing the face of biology. Researchers should innovate and collaborate if they want to be part of the new vision.
:* [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v459/n7247/full/459642a.html A microscopic reality tale]: The earliest microscopes shed light on a once-invisible world. But, Patricia Fara explains, microscopists were uncertain about how well the images reflected reality — just as they are today.

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The microscope is an instrument that magnifies the image of small objects such that they become observable by humans. Here, small (or microscopic) means below the spatial resolution of the human eye (around 100μm).

The history of the microscope

Light microscopes

Electron microscopes

Scanning

Transmission

Tunneling

Confocal microscopes

Other kinds of microscopes

Micro-CT

Magnetic Resonance Microscopy

External links

Further reading