Paper aeroplanes are the extent of most people’s origami skills, and even then there’s no guarantee they’ll actually be able to fly further than your hand. Get a bit more creative and there are ...

We have pocket watches, pocket cameras and now — with smartphones — pocket computers. Origami microscope: Lines on the paper show you how to fold up and assemble the microscope. Bioengineer Manu ...

What you are seeing above is a microscope that is priced far below anything on the market today. The goal in creating Foldscope, an origami paper microscope, is to provide scientific tools to as many ...

Manu Prakash, PhD, and his team of researchers have developed the origami-based Foldscope, a completely functional microscope that weighs less than two nickels and can be assembled in minutes by ...

It’s an ironic marker of the digital divide that sometimes what constitutes a technological breakthrough is in fact a return to the simplest technologies in order to bring the benefits of modern ...

Manu Prakash and Jim Cybulski Have designed and created a fantastically innovative origami paper microscope which is capable of providing a powerful yet affordable microscope that is capable of ...

In 2014, Stanford professor Manu Prakash designed a paper microscope and sent it to 50,000 people. This year, he hopes to reach a million. The diversity and breadth of Foldscope’s initial users wasn’t ...

Scientists are building an electrostatic levitation chamber that will be installed at the Spallation Neutron Source in Oakridge National Laboratory. Using neutrons as a probe, the instrument will ...

All folded up and ready to magnify: The Foldscope weighs less than two nickels, is small enough to fit in your back pocket and offers more than 2,000-fold magnification. Origami microscope: Lines on ...