[Yoshinok] recently posted an Instructable on doing a $10 smartphone-to-microscope conversion. The hack isn’t so much a conversion as just a handy jig, but it’s still interesting. The basic idea is to ...

Discover how to transform a basic webcam into a powerful DIY microscope using simple materials. In this step-by-step tutorial ...

My yoga instructor said something recently that knocked me out. Not literally, of course. While describing quite specifically how we should be using our forearm muscles in a certain pose (that’s yoga ...

SHELDON: KIDS CAN DO AN AT HOME PROJECT RIGHT NOW TO STIMULATE THEIR MIND AND LEARN SOMETHING NEW. WE’VE GOT A DEMONSTRATION YOU CAN DO AT HOME RIGHT NOW. DIY MICROSCOPES. WHERE TO BE GET STARTED? >> ...

When I was younger, I spent a lot of time collecting things around the house and using a microscope to examine them. While I had a lot of fun examining things, the one thing that was lacking was the ...

The first major benefit of confocal microscopes is the level of detail which can be achieved. With an already impressive horizontal resolution of 0.2 microns and vertical resolution of 0.5 confocal ...

As one of the world’s leading manufacturers of professional optical and digital products for medicine, science, and industry, Olympus celebrates 100 years of innovation in 2019. Olympus provides ...

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have built a microscope that can detect a signal over an intensity range 14 times ...