Thanks to over 4,000 backers the amazingly powerful iMicro Q2p phone microscope campaign on Kickstarter has raised over $250,000 and has now entered its final week. Offering an affordable, tiny ...

iMicro Q2p is a new tiny phone microscope designed to be used with almost any modern smart phone whether it be Android or iOS powered, allowing you to discover a world normally hidden from view. The ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Currently on sale for $28.48, this microscope packs a couple of features that make it impressively adaptable, including up to 1000x ...

An engineer at UCLA has created a substitute for microscopes by using about $10 of off-the-shelf hardware and a mobile phone. Aydogan Ozcan has already formed a start-up, Microskia, around the new ...

Researchers have created the world’s smallest silicon LED and holographic microscope that opens up a wide range of potential applications, including turning your smartphone camera into a portable, ...

Contemporary cellular phones can perform a seemingly endless variety of functions, from taking photographs and videos to guiding people through rush hour traffic. You may not even be aware of this, ...

RICHLAND, Wash. – At one o'clock in the morning, layers of warm plastic are deposited on the platform of the 3D printer that sits on scientist Rebecca Erikson's desk. A small plastic housing, designed ...

Smartphones are notorious for their poor camera quality. So it comes as a slight surprise that smartphones' photography capabilities are being utilized to study viruses. Dr. Aydogan Ozcan of UCLA and ...

Using a smartphone to capture a microscopic image. Some phones have a built-in microscope lens but still cannot achieve the 400x, 800x and 1000x of a regular microscope lens. Smartphone microscopes ...

PNNL’s 3D printed clip can show and send magnified images. Scientists working in the field often can’t carry heavy and costly equipment like microscopes, but these are often needed to quickly identify ...

Cellphones are handy in a pinch. They make emergency calls, serve as a late night texting platform, and now in developing areas where money is tight and malaria runs rampant, they can serve as a ...