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3-D printing and Raspberry Pi are turned into impressive lab equipment on the cheap
The microscope costs less than 100 Euros and can be used for neuroscience.
How to turn your smartphone into a functional microscope
The whole world is your laboratory.
Presenting the electron kaleidoscope: the first ever colour electron microscope
This new technique could be revolutionary for science.
The smallest, most affordable atomic force microscope could be a game changer
This AFM is small, easy to use, and costs much less than many high-end AFMs.
New Atomic Force Microscope is x2,000 faster, images chemical reactions almost real time
MIT researchers made a huge upgrade to an instrument that's indispensable in research today: the atomic force microscope (AFM).
This 3D printed system can turn your iPhone in a 1,000x microscope
Physicists at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory used 3D printed materials and a simple glass bead to create a magnifying ...
Cannabis under the microscope: up close and personal
Scientists, in the lab at least, see marijuana differently from growers or users. Like other plants, once you dive into ...
Holographic microscopes might be the cost-effective alternative of the future
Microscopes have gone a long since Zacharias Jansen first invented them in the 1590s. Besides optical telescopes, we now have ...
Foldscope – the origami microscope that aims to carry science in every pocket
The Foldscope is one of those innovative instruments that could potentially turn science communication and education en mass upside down. ...
MIT readies neutron microscope – new kind of imaging
A cylindrical mirror of the type the MIT and NASA researchers have developed for a novel type of neutron microscope ...
World’s tiniest sculpted bunny is the size of a bacteria
This shows two microstructures made with the new material, containing the highest concentration of RDGE. Left: Pre-charring. These pyramid and ...
Electron microscope based on revolutionary technique set to provide highest resolution images ever
Since they were first introduced more than 70 years ago, electron microscopes have aided researchers from a diverse array of fields of ...
Paper + Microscope = amazing art
Paper is just paper, right ? Nothing fancy, nothing special, just plain old paper that we see and probably ...
Researchers invent 3D lens for microscopes
Engineers from Ohio's State University have published a paper detailing the development of an innovative, tiny 3D lens that enables ...
The world’s most advanced microscope
It's the equivalent of taking the Hubble telescope (before it was damaged) and directing it towards atoms and molecules instead ...
