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By contrast, the PNNL microscope is compact (the clip is no thicker than a phone case), it lines up easily with the phone's camera lens, and it magnifies objects by 1,000x – this is adequate for ...

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Smartphone clip-on turns your iPhone into a high-powered microscope Scientific research power is now something you can toss into your pocket.

Researchers from Australia's Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP) developed the clip-on microscope for use in remote areas, where standard microscopes are impractical or unavailable.

A 3D printable clip-on that can turn any smartphone into a microscope has been developed by the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics.

Reported in Scientific Reports, the clip-on microscope requires no external power or light source and is powerful enough to visualise specimens as small as 1/200th of a millimetre.

Illumination tunnels The clip-on attachment has been engineered with internal illumination “tunnels”. They guide light from the camera’s flash to illuminate the sample from behind. This overcomes ...