A miniature photograph of the moon, beard hairs whose owner has been dead for centuries, a shaving of Egyptian mummy bone, flowerlike patterns constructed from butterfly scales and algae called ...

Science and art have a way of coming together for Catherine Baron, a former virologist turned antiques appraiser and dealer. As a biologist might use a microscope, Baron wields her own appraiser's ...

"It's great to see that there are other uber-nerds out there! I am a microbiologist so my obvious choice was a microscope. This one is an antique from 1893, and it is along the left side of my spine." ...

As part of an NWO project, Utrecht researchers have adapted a spectrograph for use in fluorescence microscopes. They coupled the centuries old device to a computer, allowing them to zoom in and ...

Q: This set of almost 70 microscope slides from the 1800s includes 12 novelty slides, “microdot” efforts showing the Royal Family, Niagara Falls, etc. Many are labelled with specimen name, preserving ...

The revelation was made by antiques expert Mark Hill after he was presented with an 18th-century microscope during the show's stop at Hill of Tarvit in Fife, Scotland. He admitted: 'When I saw this ...