For looking at really small stuff, an optical microscope will only go so far. Looking at things at the nanometer level, though, usually requires some sort of electron microscope, with all the ...

For hundreds of years, the optical microscope was the only tool available to scientists wanting to study the movement of cells, bacteria and yeast. But the diffraction of light made it impossible ...

DIY Scanning Laser Microscope Posted: January 9, 2025 | Last updated: January 9, 2025 I built a 3D printed, scanning laser confocal microscope so I could collect 3D surface topology and ...

This time I’m not going to say that the iPhone 4 is great and the Retina Display is magical, so let’s just go straight to the point: you can build your own iPhone microscope for just 10 dollars. It’s ...

Like many DIY projects, this microscope is built from old DVD parts, specifically the pickup heads. The precision optics in these commonly available assemblies, which are good enough to read pits ...