An engineer at Stanford University has created a DIY microscope, called the Foldscope, that is fashioned out of a single piece of printed-and-folded A4 paper, origami-style. This paper-based ...

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 ...

The Foldscope was designed by Manu Prakash and Jim Cybulski at Stanford University and launched in a pilot program in 2014. Its waterproof paper body can be folded into existence from one sheet and ...

The Foldscope brings a powerful science tool to schools that can't afford microscopes. Scientists use it too. Its creators have handed out 2... Eight-year-old S. Hariraj is a Foldscope devotee. He's ...