In the mid- to late-19th century, science gripped the public imagination. Literacy rates were rising, feeding demand for books. Theories, put forward in books like Charles Darwin's Origin of Species, ...

The modern microscope is an incredibly powerful tool when it comes to detecting disease, but typically the biological material being studied needs to be stained or dyed to reveal its secrets. This can ...

Making your own microscope slides can be fun and easy with these simple-to-follow tips — including dry and wet mounting, plus crafty alternatives. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Wesley R. Coe, professor of zoology at Yale during the early 20th century, devoted his career to studying ribbon worms — a group of mostly marine-dwelling creatures that includes more than 1,000 known ...

For centuries, the field of pathology has been defined by a single instrument: the microscope. But according to William ...

One of Charles Darwin’s microscope slides from his groundbreaking geological research is set for auction after being discovered in a cardboard box – almost 200 years on. The tiny piece of history, ...

As viewers of the Showtime series “Dexter” are well aware, everyone’s favorite serial killer has a ritual whereby he saves a drop of blood from each of his victims on a microscope slide. Now fans can ...

Jenny Graves receives funding from the Australian Research Council. If you look at cells from a human or other mammal under a microscope, you’ll see big fat molecular complexes called chromosomes that ...