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Stereo Microscopes: Still Changing After All These Years
The demands of modern life sciences rejuvenate an old laboratory workhorse
Email: Stuart Blackman - sblackman@the-scientist.com The Scientist 2005, 19(15):27
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Stereomicroscopes are not sexy. They lack the power of modern compound instruments, the novelty value of a confocal, and the imposing presence of an electron microscope. They are routinely put to such unglamorous tasks as specimen sorting and dissection. But life scientists are now asking more of these faithful old workhorses, and the big four manufacturers – Zeiss, Leica, Nikon, and Olympus – are rising to the challenge, producing increasingly higher-resolution instruments with fluorescence and imaging capabilities that might even turn a few heads.
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