A tiny head-mounted microscope lets researchers watch and activate individual brain cells while mice move freely.

An engineer from IBM’s research unit in Switzerland has built a $300 microscope out of LEGO bricks and other miscellaneous parts. And the results are so good, IBM Research has published them. In a ...

Microscope kits may invoke a sweet nostalgia for many adults today, but future generations of children in science classes may enjoy an entirely different microscopy experience. A research team at ...

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Manu Prakash, a bioengineer at Stanford University, has created a fully functional microscope out of waterproof paper that uses teeny-tiny lenses to magnify objects. He calls it a Foldscope. The ...

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