In a truly futuristic feat, researchers from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, have built a 3D-printed microscope in under three hours, costing a total of around $60 / £50 / AU$95 – ...

The best microscopes for students should combine affordability with high-quality optics, offering enough features for learners to meet their educational goals without breaking the bank.

While much cheaper than standard equipment, there was a caveat: a microscope’s specially crafted glass lenses often cost hundreds of dollars, putting the tools out of many people’s price range.

The world’s first fully 3D-printed microscope can be made in a few hours and for a fraction of the cost of traditional ones.

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University of Manchester scientists have produced the world’s most powerful optical microscope, which could help understand the causes of many viruses and diseases. Writing in the journal Nature ...

An infrared microscope designed by a University of Iowa team led by Thomas Folland helped produce information that could help ...

easy-to-operate mechanical components and lenses that can magnify up to 1000X. This microscope was also comfortable to use and easy to operate. Overall, its design features mean that the Swift ...

Researchers have now used the technology to build a fully functioning optical microscope for just $60. Researchers at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, built the microscope using ...

1 is a stand-alone SPIM (Side Plane Illumination Microscope) capable of imaging large ... Y and Z as well as 360° rotation, which allows optical sectioning from virtually any angle within the specimen ...

A team of researchers at JILA, led by Professors Margaret Murnane and Henry Kapteyn, has developed a groundbreaking ...