Widefield and Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy

We just learned about electron microscopy, so what was the next major innovation in microscopy in the 20th century? That would be fluorescence microscopy, of both the widefield and confocal varieties. How does this work? What is fluorescence in the first place? What are fluorophores? What can we do with this technique? Let's get a closer look now.

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