How does an Electron Microscopy (EM) facility come into being? For many established facilities it feels as though they have always existed, sewn into the fabric of institutes, departments and universities.
Thin-section transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of cells and tissues is not the technique that comes to mind when electron microscopy (EM) enthusiasts itch for outreach. Conventional scanning EM is far easier to love, and easier to do, but does that mean looking at cells down the TEM cannot inspire the public?
Through the loan of a portable Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), this successful outreach programme focuses on bringing research directly to schools.
Scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) are popular imaging tools across a wide range of research and industrial applications, enabling clear view at nanometre scales due to their unparalleled magnification
capabilities.
After some 350 years, newly discovered Leeuwenhoek microscopes are emerging. Two have now been subject to examination with the scanning electron microscope (SEM).
