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Standard 3D printers enable super-resolution microscopy with custom optics under $1

Researchers have demonstrated that consumer-grade 3D printers and inexpensive materials can produce advanced optical ...
Purdue University

Purdue-created technology makes 3D microscopes easier to use, less expensive to manufacture

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Researchers in Purdue University’s College of Engineering are developing patented and patent-pending innovations that make 3D microscopes faster to operate and less expensive to ...
Popular Science

The world’s first 3D-printed microscope costs only $60 to build

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Researchers have designed and built the world’s first microscope ...
Helsinki

Nanojet transforms microscope into exact 3D-scope

Innovation brings 3D-nanometer precision to bio-imaging instrument. − Nature is three-dimensional, so it has to be studied and viewed in 3D, says Professor Edward Hæggström from the Electronics ...
Science Daily

A new microscope allows for high-throughput 3D adaptive optical imaging

Microscopes are an important tool in biomedical research as it allows for detailed observation and imaging of tissues. Since biological materials are opaque by their nature, severe light scattering ...
Science Daily

New microscope can image, at once, the full 3D orientation and position of molecules in cells

A hybrid microscope allows scientists to simultaneously image the full 3D orientation and position of an ensemble of molecules, such as labeled proteins inside cells. The microscope combines polarized ...
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Multifocus microscope pushes the limits of fast live 3D biological imaging

Researchers have developed a high-speed 3D imaging microscope that can capture detailed cell dynamics of an entire small whole organism at once. The ability to image 3D changes in real time over a ...
Yahoo Finance

Metavista3D Launches 3D Digital Microscope

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - November 7, 2025) - Metavista3D Inc. (TSXV: DDD) (FSE: E3T) ("Metavista3D" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the completion of its development of ...
Geeky Gadgets

3D printer microscope mod

Desktop microscopes can be extremely expensive, especially when you go for larger magnifications. One interesting 3D printing mod has used the frame and a 3D printed fitting to create a desktop Ender ...
ZDNet

3D-printed 'clip-on' turns smartphone into fully functional microscope

Australian researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP) have developed a 3D-printable "clip-on" that turns a smartphone into a fully functional microscope. Reported ...
Digital Trends

Want to do some science? Here’s a smartphone microscope you can 3D print

Over the past few years, citizen scientists have helped illuminate our universe. From mapping refugee camps to cataloging nearby stars, these amateurs often work after hours and without pay, making ...