Using a homemade, high-tech microscope, scientists at the School of Medicine have revealed how a cancer-causing virus anchors itself to our DNA. That discovery could pave the way for doctors to cure ...

A smartphone has many functions but would you think to turn into a microscope? In a video posted to YouTube, Gross Science shows how that can be done with using a smartphone, a laser pointer, poster ...

Even if you do not bother to buy a microscope or a camera for exclusive microscopy, how to make a "smartphone microscope stand" is made public so that you can shoot a microscopic world using your ...

[Robert Murray-Smith] wanted to recreate how some ancient microscopes worked: with a drop of water as a lens. The idea is that the meniscus of a drop of water will work as a lens. This works because ...

A man built an improvised high-powered microscope using an old glue stick. He created the portable optical instrument with materials such as lenses and a white LED, taping them securely onto the ...

Researchers at German universities have devised a way to get microscopes into the hands of science-curious kids on a budget using scavenged iPhone 5 lenses and Lego. Researchers Bart E. Vos, Emil Betz ...

See how a simple drop of water can transform into a functional microscope, revealing tiny details invisible to the naked eye. Arnold Schwarzenegger's warning to US in wake of Kirk assassination Russia ...

What have you missed on Hackaday this week? Elliot Williams and Al Williams compare notes on their favorites from the week, and you are invited. The guys may have said too much about the Supercon ...