A microscope slide is a thin flat piece of glass, typically 75 by 26 mm (3 by 1 inches) and about 1 mm thick, used to hold objects for examination under...

The optical microscope, also referred to as a light microscope, is a type of microscope that commonly uses visible light and a system of lenses to generate...

of microscopes are the fluorescence microscope, electron microscope (both the transmission electron microscope and the scanning electron microscope) and...

razor clam shells, an antique Japanese screen, taxidermy hawks, and microscope slides. The collection's palette mainly comprised muted tones; common design...

blood count, which involved spreading a known volume of blood on a microscope slide and counting every cell. The invention of the hemocytometer in 1874...

blood smear or blood film is a thin layer of blood smeared on a glass microscope slide and then stained in such a way as to allow the various blood cells...

Fluorescence microscope Focused ion beam Focus stacking Laser scanning confocal microscopy Live cell imaging Microscope objective lens Microscope slide Optical...

was invented by Louis-Charles Malassez and consists of a thick glass microscope slide with a rectangular indentation that creates a precision volume chamber...

(typically between 5-15 micrometers thick) which are mounted on a glass microscope slide. For transmission electron microscopy (TEM), a diamond or glass knife...

specialized centrifuge used to concentrate cells in fluid specimens onto a microscope slide so that they can be stained and examined. Cytocentrifuges are used...

smear test, but rather than the smear being transferred directly to a microscope slide, the sample is deposited into a small bottle of preservative liquid...

called smear tests because the samples may be smeared across a glass microscope slide for subsequent staining and microscopic examination. However, cytology...

The sliding filament theory explains the mechanism of muscle contraction based on muscle proteins that slide past each other to generate movement. According...

a drop of blood on a microscope slide and using a second slide held at an angle to spread the blood and pull it across the slide, forming a "feathered...

slide will cause the fungi to become fluorescent, making them easier to identify under a fluorescence microscope. Place the slide under a microscope to...

commonly used for making permanent microscope slides. From about 1830 molten Canada balsam was used for microscope slides. Canada balsam in solution was then...

projectors are digital replacements for earlier types of projectors such as slide projectors and overhead projectors. These earlier types of projectors were...

that can be seen only through a microscope. A tiny "plant" on a microscope slide makes for a poor type: the microscope slide may be lost or damaged, or it...

to study very thin slices of rock. A slice of rock was affixed to a microscope slide and then ground so thin that light could be transmitted through mineral...

attaching the samples to a glass microscope slide for observation and analysis. In some cases, cells may be grown directly on a slide. For samples of loose cells...

phylogenetic inference. Ascospore biology resonates far beyond the microscope slide. Airborne showers initiate apple scab epidemics and other plant diseases...

Manchester Museum is a museum displaying works of archaeology, anthropology and natural history and is owned by the University of Manchester, in England...

more natural conditions than on a glass slide, as is the case with a conventional microscope. An inverted microscope is also used for visualisation of the...

Natural History Museum in London where it is currently displayed on a microscope slide. In 2004 Michael S. Engel and David A. Grimaldi (2004) analyzed Rhyniognatha...

A slide rule is a hand-operated mechanical calculator consisting of slidable rulers for conducting mathematical operations such as multiplication, division...

Xylene is used to remove paraffin from dried microscope slides prior to staining. After staining, microscope slides are put in xylene prior to mounting with...

A petrographic microscope is a type of optical microscope used to identify rocks and minerals in thin sections. The microscope is used in optical mineralogy...

specimen on a microscope slide is fixed in pure methanol for 30 seconds, by immersing it or by putting a few drops of methanol on the slide. The slide is immersed...

"How the microscope reveals adulteration", microscope slide comparing rice starch (left) and arrowroot (right) and a mixture of the two (center), c. 1909...

cotton swab is used to collect fluid from the vagina and place it on a microscope slide. After drying, amniotic fluid will form a crystallization pattern called...