An easily assembled smartphone microscope provides new ways of interacting with and learning about common microbes. The open-source device could be used by teachers or in other educational s... Read more
A research team led by UC Berkeley engineers has developed a new smartphone microscope that uses video to automatically detect and quantify infection by parasitic worms in a drop of blood. T... Read more
Lens Could Give Schools, Clinics Low-Cost Alternative to Conventional Equipment Researchers at the University of Houston have created an optical lens that can be placed on an inexpensive sma... Read more