German scientists have built a high resolution microscope out of Lego parts and components salvaged from a mobile phone, according to a recent paper published in The Biophysicist. They found that ...

Scientists at UCLA have created a lens-free microscope that relies on a silicon chip found in smartphones and digital cameras.

Kids age 9 to 13 built the high-resolution microscope from a blueprint provided by adult researchers. Timo Betz/Zenger News "An understanding of science is crucial for decision-making and brings ...

The origami-based paper microscope, Foldscope, comprises a simple list of parts: a sheet of plastic-coated paper (6 cents), a ball lens (17 cents for low magnification, 56 cents for high ...

Researchers have designed and built the world’s first microscope made entirely from 3D-printed parts.And because the open-source plans are already available online, almost anyone can assemble ...

A collection of images taken with scanning electron microscopes (SEM) has been pieced together by London-based science author, Brandon Broll, into a book titled Microcosmos. The images cover ...

The other numbered parts are for making adjustments. The optical (light) microscope has remained virtually unchanged in form and function for the past 200 years.

Beauty and the microscope: what science can learn from art Published: June 30, 2017 8:49am EDT. ... With origins in the 1600s and the earliest parts of the scientific age of enlightenment, ...

In the rural parts of Uganda, lab technicians spend hours each day on thankless and seemingly unceasing work. The most common tests they run are for malaria. A technician smears a blood sample on ...

Science Is Beautiful, a new book by Colin Salter, is a compilation of images that show what the human body looks like under a microscope.With an artistic eye, the book showcases cells, microbes ...