Microscopes serve an important role in the field of forensics as well as science. In this case, the police look at evidence found at the scene of the crime and look at them under the forensic microscope to search for clues. Aside from fingerprints, things like fabric and hair can help in identifying the culprit [...]

The word ‘cell’ was coined by the English scientist, Robert Hooke, when he looked at a piece of cork under a microscope and saw the room-like partitions inside. Viewing a cork sample through the lens of your compound light microscope would be an interesting student activity to be able to understand cells better. Cork comes [...]