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Stereo Boom Stand Microscopes
Stereo microscope are often used to inspect large parts. When using a standard stereo microscope, often times the large pieces will not fit under the microscope. This is when a boom stand becomes...
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Cork under the Microscope
Microscope World recently used the HSZ6-TBL stereo zoom microscope to view a cork from a wine bottle.Cork is a buoyant material that is harvested for commercial use primarily from the Cork Oak, which...
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England Finder Slide
The England Finder is a glass slide marked in vacuum deposited chromium over the top surface in such a way that a reference position can be deduced by direct reading, the relationship between the...
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Stereo Fluorescence Microscopes
Microscope World offers an inexpensive line of stereo fluorescence microscopes. These stereo fluorescence microscopes were recently used to capture zebrafish images over the course of three days.DAY...
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Howard Disc Counting Reticle
The Howard Disc counting reticle has 25 dots evenly spread across it in a 5 x 5 pattern. This reticle is most commonly used in food processing (most often for tomato based products such as paste, sauce...
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Antibodies under the Microscope
An antibody (immunoglobulin), is a large Y-shaped protein produced by B-cells that is used by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign objects such as bacteria and viruses. The antibody...
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Muskie Fish Egg
The muskellunge, also known as "muskie", is a species of large, relatively uncommon freshwater fish of North America. The muskellunge is the largest member of the pike family, Esocidae.Muskie fish egg...
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Microscope Camera Tablet
Microscope World is excited to introduce the microscope camera tablet. This Android tablet has a touch screen with live viewing and capture options. The table camera has a c-mount thread connection...
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Paramecium Fission
Paramecia are widespread in freshwater and marine environments, and can often be found in stagnant water and ponds. These species are easy to cultivate and divide and therefore the Paramecium has been...
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Insect Antennae
Insect antennae are paired appendages used for sensing in anthropods. Antennae are connected to the front-most segment of the insect and are the primary olfactory sensors of insects.Illustration: L....
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Live Blood under Darkfield Microscope
These images of live blood cells using darkfield were captured with the BA310 phase contrast microscope at 400x magnification. The Moticam X wireless microscope camera was used to capture the...
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Stereo Microscope Magnification
The stereo microscope is a low power microscope that uses several lenses to arrive at the total magnification. HSZ6-TBL stereo microscope is shown above.Every stereo microscope derives its total...
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Measuring Layers
Microscope World recently had a customer with the need to measure gold layers on printed circuit boards. The gold layers also needed to be measured. The microscope setup for solving this problem...
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Wastewater Treatment Microscopes
Wastewater treatment involves the process of identifying and eliminating microorganisms including:Bacteria - These small, single-celled organisms are found in large numbers in polluted water. Phase...
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Saudering under the Microscope
A customer of Microscope World needed to view their saudering work under a microscope. These images were captured using the MC-70 measuring microscope with the DCC5.1P 5 megapixel microscope camera...
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Brittle Star Echinoderm under Microscope
Martin Moe, a customer of Microscope World recently captured this image under his stereo microscope.Juvenile Brittle Star Echinoderm under the Microscope.Moe was looking for Diadema juveniles under the...
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Water Fleas under the Microscope
Cladocera is an order of small crustaceans that are commonly referred to as water fleas. Rarely found in oceans, Cladocera are more commonly found in inland water habitats. Most Cladocera are 0.2mm -...
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Closterium under the Microscope
Closterium is a type of green algae found mostly in fresh water.Image courtesy WikipediaClosterium are typically cylindrical and/or crescent-shaped without a spine. The ends of the cell are usually...
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Marine Embryos under Microscope
The marine embryos below were captured by Joseph Cobi at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington using a biological microscope and a microscope camera.Marine embryos captured with the 5.1mp CCD...
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Things to Consider When Purchasing a Microscope
Whether you are purchasing a microscope for a child, for use as a hobby, or for research, here are a few things to consider.Plastic or Metal: Only those microscopes made of die-cast metal are sturdy...
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