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Syphilis and the microscope, a century long relationship - Manuel del Cerro (USA) and Lazaros Triarhou (Greece) present a fascinating illustrated essay on microscopical aspects of the discovery and observation of the causative agent of this disease.

The simplest possible microscope lamp - Martin Canny (Australia) shows how a sheet of illuminated white paper can work well particularly for even illumination at very low mags.

Spike's Gallery Part 3. A selection of arthropod images - Spike Walker (UK), a noted photomicrographer, shares a further selection of his striking images.

The 'wood wreckers', part 1 - Paul James (UK) takes a fascinating macroscopic tour of decaying wood found around his home area, showing the typical plants and animals that either colonise and/or use the wood as a food source.

Organisms from a temporary pond - Mike Morgan (UK) shares images of microscopic pond life found in a Dartmoor pond.

A close-up view of 'tatarian honeysuckle' - Brian Johnston (Canada) takes a macro and microscopic tour of this attractive flower.

Nineteenth century British microscopy and natural history: Part 3 - Richard Howey (USA) continues his series on fascinating aspects of old journals.

Microscope photography with digital single lens reflex cameras - Robert Pavlis (USA) discusses practical aspects of using these cameras with particular reference to using a Canon 400D on both a LOMO compound and stereo microscope.

A close-up view of 'fringed loosestrife' - Brian Johnston (Canada) takes a macro and microscopic tour of this attractive flower.

Macro ornaments: a supplement to last year's holiday gift catalog - Richard Howey (USA) presents an illustrated essay with a comical look at some presents from the microscopical world.

Topical tip: Using the ancillary items from a Moticam microscope camera outfit - David Walker (UK) finds that the four well made couplers supplied with an outfit make excellent microscope supports for some consumer digicams.

Editor's note: A sincere thank you to all the contributors this year, particularly the regular 'stalwarts'.

In focus: Olympus Bioscapes 2007 - the striking images by the top ten winners and honorable mentions in this year's competition are online. Visions of Science and Technology Awards 2007 - the winners in this year's competition are online. With thanks to Bob Goldsack for drawing this to our attention. Microscope images using the IntelPlay digital microscope and Bodelin ProScope by Bob Pound. With thanks to Bob for drawing them to our attention. Le Naturaliste - A new French based forum and image gallery for microscopy / macroscopy enthusiasts but open to non French speaking international contributors. With thanks to co-administrator Bertrand Parres for drawing it to our attention. Bertrand tells us that forum messages not in French will be translated by the administrators and any replies in French translated back into the native language of the original message (for German, English, Spanish).

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