For the first time, labs around the world can 3-D print their own precision microscopes to analyse samples and detect diseases, thanks to an open-source design created at the University of Bath. The ...

Confronted with the explosive popularity of online learning, researchers are seeking new ways to teach the practical skills of science. The academic world is in upheaval over MOOCs: massive open ...

Deep learning transforms and enhances microscopic details in photos taken by smartphones to such an extent that they can match the quality of images from laboratory-grade microscopes, report ...

New research shows that a portable, battery-operated fluorescence microscope, which costs $240, stacks up nicely against devices that retail for as much as $40,000 in diagnosing signs of tuberculosis.

To my fellow geeks who've long dreamed of having a lab-quality digital microscope that mounts to your phone, the time has come. Oregon-based optics manufacturer Bodelin will begin shipping its ...

Biology students at Dakota Wesleyan University have new technology to use when in the lab. Dr. Tim Mullican, professor of biology, says two recently purchased Richter microscopes with cameras will ...

Imaging of a rat heart created using Alpenglow Biosciences technology. (Photo courtesy of Azalia M. Martinez Jaimes and Karen M. Gonzalez of the Red Horse Lab at Stanford University) Seattle-based ...