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• n  magnifier of the image of small objects
  the invention of the microscope led to the discovery of the cell

• Few tools have proved more valuable to research scientists than the scanning electron microscope.
• If a biologist could look at a fertilized human egg-cell under a super-powerful microscope, and study it under all sorts of conditions without removing it from the body that .
• But last week a new-type electron microscope in Toulouse, France, was taking pictures of bacteria that are still alive and reasonably healthy.

News & Articles

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• Family Of Odin Lloyd Says His Murder Is A Mystery
  While Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is under a microscope, relatives of the homicide victim he's tied to are getting frustrated.
  June 20, 2013 - CBS Boston
• New MERS virus spreads easily, deadlier than SARS
  This undated electron microscope image made availalbe by the National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows novel coronavirus particles, also known as the MERS virus, colorized in yellow.
  June 20, 2013 - Washington Examiner
• Dangerous strains of E. coli may linger in water
  The protist Tetrahymena hunts E. coli in this photo illustration, which features a microscope image of Tetrahymena (left). A new study finds that Shiga toxin may help E. coli survive in the face of such predation.
  June 20, 2013 - UB Reporter