Millions of social media users have been enthralled by a Ukrainian TikTok channel that purports to show "life under the microscope." Its videos feature mega-magnified views of everyday substances and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prick a finger and have the blood checked for parasites — by smartphone? Scientists are turning those ubiquitous phones into microscopes and other medical tools that could help fight ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. App State researchers received $2.3M to commercialize an AI-driven microscope. The microscope automates fecal egg counting to ...

Each year, more than 200 million people fall sick with malaria and more than half a million of these infections lead to death. The World Health Organization recommends parasite-based diagnosis before ...

Every cell of the deadly Plasmodium falciparum parasite, the organism that causes malaria, contains a tiny compartment full of microscopic iron crystals. As long as the parasite is alive, the crystals ...