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15 Best Microscopes for Kids A microscope is the perfect gift if your son or daughter has an interest in science or you simply want to bring STEM learning home. Curious little minds will be amazed at what they can see with even a beginne...

Purchasing a microscope bundle is a great way to set your kid up with everything they need to get started exploring the microscopic world. Here are our favorite STEM microscope kits along with why we like them. IQCREW SCIENCE DISCOVERY ...

Compound and stereo microscopes are two of the most common kinds of scopes.   A compound microscope is commonly used to view something in detail that you can’t see with the naked eye, such as bacteria or cells.   A stereo micr...

Bacteria are almost everywhere, but even with a microscope, they aren’t always easy to see. It is possible to see bacteria with a digital microscope, provided you exercise a little patience and follow a few simple steps. Given the incre...

The cost of running a clinical trial increases annually with the same certainty as death and taxes. In the early 2000s, the estimated costs of introducing a new drug to the market were around a mere $800 million. A daunting number, to ...

4 Common Types of Microscope Light Sources Depending on the type of microscope you have, and the most common reasons you use it, you may be presented with a handful of options when looking for a light source. Ambient light from lamps an...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made it mandatory for manufacturers to label their consumable products with an ingredient list in 1993. By regulating the Nutrition Facts that appear on the side of every processed food, consu...

How to Clean Microscope Lenses A smudged lens can drastically reduce visibility and can even trick you into thinking you’re looking at something that you’re not. However, cleaning a microscope lens is actually a very easy process. It’s ...

Social media has widened the average person’s awareness of rare space phenomena, like Super Blood Moons or meteor showers, seen once a millennium. Based on social media posts, one would think that the moon was closer to the Earth than i...