In the 1860s Ernst Leitz, a talented engineer, joined a small optical company in the German town of Wetzlar to make initially telescopes, and subsequently microscopes. Ernst rose quickly to take over ...

Researchers have designed and built the world’s first microscope made entirely from 3D-printed parts. And because the open-source plans are already available online, almost anyone can assemble ...

Discover a microscopic world with one of the best microscopes for students and young scientists, without emptying your wallet — here are our top picks. The best microscopes for students should ...

It will be seen from Fig. 1 that, associated with the 'star5, there is one track, marked m, which shows frequent changes in direction. The points of scattering are most frequent near the centre of ...

Earlier this year Leitz Cine completed an extensive test of their wide array of lenses, and that footage is now available online as a tool that allows cinematographers and filmmakers to compare up to ...

The OpenFlexture Microscope is a DIY, open-source, 3D-printed microscope built around the Raspberry Pi 4, a Raspberry Pi Camera Module v2, and a choice of optics or various qualities up to lab-grade ...

Alveolar type 2 (AT2) cells maintain lung health by acting as stem cells and producing pulmonary surfactant. AT2 dysfunction underlies many lung diseases, including interstitial lung disease (ILD), in ...

The Leica SL3-S is an interesting camera in many respects, including being one of the first mirrorless cameras to make Content Credentials metadata available to the general public. But that's not the ...

Department of Child Health, University of Leicester School of Medicine, Robert Kilpatrick Clinical Sciences Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, P O Box 65, Leicester LE2 7LX, UK BACKGROUND The aim of ...