Researchers in Australia have invented a new kind of optical lens that could be combined with a smartphone camera to create a microscope for diagnosing skin cancer or identifying agricultural pests.

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Six years on from the first iMicro smartphone microscope, comes the iMicro Q3p, a tiny tool that makes microscopy inexpensive, portable and accessible. It also has polarization, offering ...

Advanced light microscopy techniques have come into their own — and are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in disease ...

First flat lens for immersion microscope provides alternative to centuries-old technique Metasurface could help build better microscopes Date: May 16, 2017 Source: Harvard John A. Paulson School ...

Microscope lenses are typically made either by grinding and polishing glass discs, or pouring polymers into molds. Now, however, a scientist from Australian National University has devised a new ...

Here’s an oldie but a goodie. [RunnerPack] stumbled upon an article from 2001 about building a stereo microscope from a pair of binoculars and a camera lens. With a ring light attached to the… ...

He designed a 3D-printed microscope lens adapter that you can find on Thingiverse. Recently, [Micael Widell] tried it out with a microscope lens and you can see the results in the video below.

Lens turns any smartphone into a portable microscope Date: April 15, 2014 Source: University of Washington Summary: The Micro Phone Lens can turn any smartphone or tablet computer into a hand-held ...