The phrase "glass microscope" refers to a tool used for examining very small objects. It is made mostly of glass and has lenses that magnify the objects so they can be seen more clearly. Full definition
Researchers stumbled upon the phenomenon by accident, when labels kept peeling off glass microscope slides during experiments. (sciencenews.org)
Parker and Chris Lawrence, from the government - owned company QinetiQ in Hampshire, U.K., confirmed the efficiency of the design by making glass microscope slides that mimicked this pattern and spraying them with fine mist. (sciencemag.org)
Using clever chemistry, they performed millions of PCR operations simultaneously on a single glass microscope slide. (discovermagazine.com)