Smartphone cameras can do so much more than capture selfies. They can detect everything from an ear infection to cervical cancer. mHealth has been fixated on SMS-based applications. Using texts, ...

April 15, 2009 The CellScope is a revolutionary attachment that turns a standard camera-enabled cell phone into a clinical quality microscope, with magnification up to 50X. Health workers in ...

A mobile telephone transformed into a microscope yielded "only modest" accuracy and sensitivity but holds future promise when used to diagnose soil-transmitted helminths compared with traditional ...

A new mobile phone microscope that uses video to automatically detect and quantify infection by parasitic worms in a drop of blood has been developed by researchers. This next generation of CellScope ...

Medical researchers have unveiled a new gadget that could be used by doctors in the developing world to diagnose diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria. The device, which attaches to a mobile phone ...

Out in the field and need to determine if there are parasites in your water? Now there's a portable microscope that attaches to your smartphone will do the trick, Engadget reports. Developed by ...

This study shows that “one can use a very simple imaging device such as the mobile phone to record DNA sequencing reactions,” said coauthor Mats Nilsson of Stockholm University in Sweden. The ...

Finnish researchers have developed a low-cost, easily transported mobile microscope. The device is currently being tested in Tanzania, and further tests will soon be conducted in Finnish hospitals.

Handheld, mobile phone-based microscopes can be used in developing countries after minimal training of community laboratory technicians to diagnose intestinal parasites quickly and accurately. A first ...

A miniature head-mounted two-photon microscope small enough for a rat to carry allows researchers to visualize neuronal signaling while the animal freely interacts with its environment. It is often ...

Smartphone cameras are getting more advanced all the time, but now a DIY fan has revealed how crafty iPhone owners can make a microscope for their handset for under $10. Using a block of wood, some ...