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Microscopes are a necessary instrument in research laboratories. They allow researchers to study the micro-world unseen by the naked eye. There are several types of research grade microscopes that can be found in a typical university level science lab. The most common is the compound light research microscope. This type provides high power magnification of up to 1600x and is capable of viewing bacteria and cell structure. This same type can also double up for use as a clinical or medical microscope as they are often found in clinics for viewing samples of human blood on glass microscope slides.
While a stereo microscope only has capability for low power magnification, it could still be useful in a research laboratory. This type of scope, also know as a dissecting microscope (or dissection), has binocular eyepieces that see stereoscopically giving the enhancement of 3D depth perception. However, the magnification in no way compares to what a research grade compound light microscope is capable of. Still, when researching certain biological activities, the stereo microscope can be a useful laboratory tool.
Other types of microscopes commonly found in a university research laboratory may include the electron microscope, epi-fluorescence microscope, inverted tissue culture (cell culture) microscope, phase contrast microscope, and polarizing microscope. The electron type gives the best resolution and is capable of extremely high magnifications. It uses beams of electrons to image the microscopic specimen. The prices are very high and the complexity of usage requires highly trained staff. The fluorescence microscope is capable of picking up and imaging the fluorescing of a biological specimen. Some fluorescence is natural and some are from stains added to the specimen. Also, phase contrast is another type and allows better viewing contrast for unstained (unaltered) biological specimens. It uses a concept of having a light phase shift (due to different densities of the specimen) and translating that into a difference in viewing contrast. The polarizing microscope can also be used in a research laboratory. It has some uses for biology, but the main use is for geology.
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