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Using EDF to Focus on Tall Parts
When Imaging, we all run into samples where we can not completely focus our field of view. In the past, only expensive motorized microscopes...
Easy Macro Imaging - Automated Tiling Using a Motorized Stage
Tiling is a microscopy term that refers to using a software to photograph the entirety of a Region of Interest (ROI) in small “tiles”. These...
Introduction to Dark-Field Microscopy
Dark-field is a technique that can be added to almost any light microscope and is economical in cost. Sometimes spider-disks or even coins can...
The Importance of Encoding in a Microscope
Ever see an image taken from a microscope and wonder what magnification it was taken at? In most manual microscopes, communication between objective magnification and...
Freshwater Hydras, Aliens of the Microworld
If you have a freshwater aquarium at home, chances are that you’re familiar with hydras, primitive alienesque critters belonging to the Cnidaria animal group. This...
Microscopy of Yeast used in the Fermentation of Beer and Wine
Yeast cells are essential in the production of beer and wine and a microscope permits the ability to count yeast cells and assess if there...
The Microscopic Structure of Starch Grains Food Microscopy
Light microscopy plays an important role in the analysis and research of plant starch. In the future researchers are trying to modify the proper...