Bioengineers develop 'microscope on a chip'

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 09:14 in Physics & Chemistry

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have turned science fiction into reality with their development of a super-compact high-resolution microscope, small enough to fit on a finger tip. This 'microscopic microscope' operates without lenses but has the magnifying power of a top-quality optical microscope, can be used in the field to analyse blood samples for malaria or check water supplies for giardia and other pathogens...

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