There are countless cool ways to extend the abilities of your smartphone by plugging in or linking up additional hardware. But here’s a Kickstarter project that wants to use your smartphone to extend ...

These pictures look like they are from another world but are very much of our own – they are common bacteria magnified a million times, found throughout your home. The vivid colourful patterns are ...

Magnification can be worked out from a photograph or drawing using the equation below: The same unit of measurement should be used when making the calculation - metre (m), millimetre (mm) or ...

A cheap holographic microscope capable of detecting E. coli and other bacteria has been developed by researchers in the US. The handheld device uses a laser instead of lenses to identify bugs in water ...

THE scientist whose revolutionary techniques introduced the world to microbiology has been remembered by Google. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek used special magnifying glasses in the 17th century to observe ...