Researchers have applied lensless imaging technology to create the world's smallest microscope. The microscope generates holographic, or 3-D, images of microparticles or cells by employing a ...

While the microscope as we know it today emerged in the 17th century, the concept of magnifying objects using lenses dates back to ancient times. The ancient Egyptians and Romans used simple lenses ...

Meet Manu Prakash, the IIT Kanpur alumnus who invented the microscope that costs less than a dollar, dreams of a world where everybody has the right to science. In Africa, they term the problem 'The ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- In the not-so-distant future, surgeons could ensure the complete removal of malignant tumors, and pathologists could analyze tissue more efficiently, by using a device invented at the ...

WOODS HOLE, MASS.-- Using a microscope invented at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), a collaborative team of biologists, instrument developers, and computational scientists has for the first ...

Amazing story of an IITian who invented a $1 microscope! Image: Manu Prakash Photographs: Courtesy, Foldscope He has opted for a phone call rather than a Skype call, where I had hoped to see the ...