A Microscope is an essential laboratory equipment for viewing objects/cells and organisms that are normally not visible to the naked eye. Microscopy is thus, the science of viewing all the small objects using this instrument. These instruments are manufactured using the finest raw materials and high technology so as to enable accurate results.

Types of Microscope
There are a variety of microscopes available depending on the kind of experiment being done, the accuracy and precision required.

• Optical Microscope: This equipment has one or more lenses that help to produce an enlarged image of an object.
• Compound Optical Microscope: This equipment is complex and makes use of multiple lens and is designed to reduce chromatic and spherical aberration.
• Electron Microscope: These microscopes use beams of electrons and rely on a magnetic field for creating an enlarged image.
• Stereo Microscope: Also known as a dissecting microscope, it is used to provide different viewing angles to the left and right eyes an thus produce a three dimensional visual of the sample under examination

Research Microscopes are also available in the market and are quite expensive tools featuring many enhancements. Petrographic microscopes are also in use these days for studying minerals or other crystalline materials.

Use of a Microscope
Microscopes are vital lab equipment used for conducting experiments in various field including:

• Educational Laboratories
• Biotechnology
• Botany
• Research Laboratory
• Pathological Laboratory
• Clinical Laboratory