The Debrief

Scientists Build a Zero-Gravity Microscope and Successfully Test it on the ‘Vomit Comet’

Scientists have invented a low cost, zero-gravity microscope called FlightScope that successfully conducted experiments on ...
The Hill

Putting waived testing under the microscope

The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA 88) remains the most sweeping federal law affecting the laboratory industry. Its purpose is to safeguard the “accuracy, reliability, and ...
Mongabay

Test-driving an origami microscope

Researchers have developed a low-cost, origami-inspired microscope called the Foldscope. The device costs just pennies to produce and can provide up to 2,000x magnification. Scientists and educators ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Using a smartphone microscope to detect parasites in blood

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prick a finger and have the blood checked for parasites — by smartphone? Scientists are turning those ubiquitous phones into microscopes and other medical tools that could help fight ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Dog DNA under the microscope as genetic testing takes off

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Yahoo Finance

Radiant Vision Systems announces new 20x Microscope Lens solution with high resolution imaging for testing of small light sources and displays

Radiant's new 20X Microscope Lens enables testing of small components and features such as individual LEDs, microLEDs, and microOLEDs, along with display pixels and sub-pixels. REDMOND, Wash., March 6 ...
AZoNano

Electron Microscope Based Fabrication and Nano-Mechanical Testing

The early research involving manipulation and nano-mechanical testing of individual nanostructures was demonstrated by use of atomic force microscope (AFM) and scanning tunneling microscope (STM) ...