Biology
Field ion microscope
This microscope is the first to see atoms and was invented in 1951. The field ion microscope is a type of microscope that can be used to imagine the arrangement of atoms at the surface of a sharp metal tip.
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Stm
What is Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM)?...
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Electrochemical Scanning Tunneling Microscope
The Electrochemical scanning tunneling microscope was invented in 1988. This microscope helped scientist be able to to observe things at atomic or molecular scales....
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Electron Microscope
An electron microscope depends on electrons rather then light to view an object. Electron microscopes make it possible to view objects as small as the diameter of an atom. The electron microscope was invented in 1931....
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Microscope
Term: microscopeOrigin: An Greek ??????/micros(=small) + ??????/scopos(=aim, look at) Coined : Jansen and Jansen (1590), first produced a crude type of microscope by placing two lenses together without any provision for focussing. The Italian physicist...
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Microbiology
Term: microbiology Origin: Anc Greek ??????/micros(=small) + ????/bios(=life) + ?????/logy(=study of ) Coined: by French chemist Louis Pasteur (1822 ?1895) from term ?microbe? introduced in 1878 by French surgeon Charles Emmanuel Sedillot (1804-1883)....
Biology