Aydogan Ozcan, an electrical engineering professor at UCLA, invented the LUCAS microscope back in 2010. The tiny device attaches to a cell phone and can detect life-threatening diseases like malaria ...

A hidden and fantastic universe exists just beyond our sight. Luckily, photos taken through the lens of a microscope help scientists document new lifeforms and unknown structures. The images can also ...

Biologists and doctors rely heavily on incubators and microscopes. Now researchers have come up with a novel solution that combines the functions of both these tools in a compact and extremely ...

New Scientist recently reported that a UK company is developing a microscope on a chip four times more powerful than the best scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) available today. The best SEMs have a ...

A 3-D-printed device that transforms a smartphone into a fully operational microscope could help diagnose diseases in developing countries. Researchers from Australia's Centre of Excellence for ...