A page dedicated to the microscopic world in everyday items shares unseen images of the world invisible to naked eyes.

As someone who has used microscopes in a real laboratory setting, I know firsthand why we often imagine microscopes as expensive but easy to break. Yet, we see that this isn’t always the case ...

Early microscopes used an illumination system comprising sunlight that was collected and reflected onto the sample by a mirror. Today, most microscopes use artificial light sources such as light bulbs ...