Thursday, April 25, 2024

3D-printed smartphone microscope is good enough for scientists

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Your smartphone could soon be a fully functional microscope capable of examining samples as small as 1/200th of a millimeter. Australian researchers have developed a clip-on device that requires no external light or power sources to produce a clear picture of microscopic organisms and cells from animals, plants and blood — and it can be made by anyone with a 3D printer, as the team is sharing the 3D printing files publicly.

Unlike other phone-based microscopes which use bulk…
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