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For years, researchers have used a microscope for viewing worlds that were previously invisible. However, with the world becoming more and more high tech, a microscope must keep up and become high tech also. Knowing which types of microscopes are used in a simple classroom compared to a research lab can make all the difference when one is studying samples.

For a biologist, who aims to find cures for diseases, four main types of microscopes are used for research. They are the dissection microscope, the compound microscope, the scanning electron microscope, and the transmission electron microscope. The scanning and transmission electron microscopes both used electrons and their excitability in order to view objects. The scanning microscope sees images in 3D and the transmission microscope sees them in 2D. A dissection microscope helps one to view larger images so that they can be dissected. The compound is most popular and allows one to see the image at the cell level, unlike the dissection scope.

The microscope for research in today’s high tech world is the confocal. This type of microscope, with the use of its laser light source, has helped people see into rock formations that have helped to unravel mysteries from 675 million years ago. Technically, they are a step down from a scanning microscope, but they are still being used to see into worlds that were previously unknown.

Using a microscope for research has proven to be an invaluable tool for many a researcher. Since the beginnings of microscopy and its discoveries, the world of microscopes has advanced beyond what the founders first imagined. Understanding these magnifying instruments can prove to be hard for the average person because of their highly specialized intricate parts. However, the work that is produced can save a person’s life or that of a loved one. Microscopes are a needed necessity in today’s world, and the more high tech they can become, in order to help us humans, the better.

By Medical Technologies Editor