Late 1600s – Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek constructed a microscope with a single spherical lens. It magnified up to ×275. 1800s - the optical quality of lenses increased and the microscopes ...

What happens in the brain when we see, hear, think and remember? To be able to answer questions like this, neuroscientists need information about how the millions of neurons in the brain are connected ...

The magnification of a microscope is not the only factor that’s important when viewing cells. The detail that can be seen is also important. Think about a digital photo. It can be enlarged, but over a ...