In 1931, electromagnetic lenses helped scientists see a world ordinary microscopes could not reach

In 1931, physicists Knoll and Ruska unveiled the first electron microscope, revolutionizing science by using magnetic lenses ...
The Scientist

Improvements In Light Microscopy Lead To New Applications

The invention that first enabled researchers to see clear images of living cells was the phase-contrast microscope, which won its inventor, Frits Zernike, a Nobel Prize in 1932. Prior to Zernike's ...
Scientific American

The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding Atoms

Gerd Binnig shared The Kavli Prize in Nanoscience in 2016 for inventing the atomic force microscope. What transformative impact has this invention had on nanoscience? This podcast was produced for The ...
NPR

Foldscope: Science From Curiosity And A Little Paper

Manu Prakash is the co-inventor of the Foldscope, a low-cost microscope aimed at making scientific tools available for everyone. We chat with him about why he wants to change how we think about ...