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, ...

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 ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Australian researchers have brought the humble glass slide, used in millions of microscopes around the world, into the 21st century.

This article shows how Penn State University used the LatticeAx to cleanly downsize a standard glass microscope slide and eliminate more than a day of additional work when the exclusively prepared ...

We’re willing to bet it’s been a minute since you prepared slides in a science lab. If your kid’s back-to-school list includes a microscope, you probably need a refresher before beginning your search.