Foldscope is the incredible paper microscope that’s making microscopy available to children everyone, wherever they are and whatever their budget. Paper aeroplanes are the extent of most people’s ...

Manu Prakash with the Foldscope, a microscope made almost entirely of paper. For a whole lot of people, especially those in developing countries, science — and with it, medicine — isn’t readily ...

Eight-year-old S. Hariraj is a Foldscope devotee. He's used it to look at the milk from the cows his parents raise. Though the milk looks creamy, the Foldscope reveals a world of microorganisms. "It ...

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A microscope seems like a complex piece of kit so the idea that one can be printed on to A4 paper for around 50 cents (30p) seems incredible. But such a simple tool could be a life-saver in the ...

Sometimes, inventors come up with things the world wants. The Rubik’s Cube. iPhones. Snuggies. Then there are the things the world needs. The wheel. Penicillin. Anything with caffeine in it. The ...

According to the World Health Organization, there were approximately 207 million cases of malaria worldwide in 2012, 627,000 of which proved fatal. Unfortunately, the disease most often occurs in ...

I have to admit that I am usually a bit skeptical while watching those TED talks. Every talk has an outrageous claim, either some device or method which will completely change our lives or some hidden ...

A microscope seems like a complex piece of kit so the idea that one can be printed on to A4 paper for around 50 cents (30p) seems incredible. But such a simple tool could be a life-saver in the ...