If disease pathogens can be made visible on the field, as in the Ebola outbreak, then health workers would be aided in their work. But imaging equipment is often bulky and expensive, almost impossible ...

An engineer at Stanford University has created a DIY microscope, called the Foldscope, that is fashioned out of a single piece of printed-and-folded A4 paper, origami-style. This paper-based ...

Researchers have developed a low-cost, origami-inspired microscope called the Foldscope. The device costs just pennies to produce and can provide up to 2,000x magnification. Scientists and educators ...

The hidden world that microscopes reveal, one of cells, larvae and bacteria, has traditionally only been available to those who have access to a lab or can afford to buy expensive equipment. A new ...

The Foldscope was designed by Manu Prakash and Jim Cybulski at Stanford University and launched in a pilot program in 2014. Its waterproof paper body can be folded into existence from one sheet and ...

This past year Eric Betzig, Stefan Hell, and William Moerner received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy.” From simply putting two pieces of ...

Nowadays, gadgets and equipment are becoming increasingly complex and technical, but scientists have proved when it comes to microscopy - less is more. Foldscope is an origami-based print-and-fold ...

Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, has evolved considerably since it appeared in the western world over a century ago. Folding is simple, easy and cheap. So it’s no wonder that scientists and ...

Manu Prakash and Jim Cybulski Have designed and created a fantastically innovative origami paper microscope which is capable of providing a powerful yet affordable microscope that is capable of ...

The hidden world that microscopes reveal, one of cells, larvae and bacteria, has traditionally only been available to those who have access to a lab or can afford to buy expensive equipment. A new ...