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World鈥檚 first fully 3D-printed microscope made in under 3 hours

The microscope cost less than 拢50 to build using an open-source design and a common 3D printer

By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

10 January 2025

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3D-printed lenses make this microscope far less costly than traditional ones

Dr Liam M. Rooney/University of Strathclyde

The world鈥檚 first fully 3D-printed microscope can be made in a few hours and for a fraction of the cost of traditional ones.

鈥淚t鈥檚 not just enabling, it鈥檚 empowering,鈥 says at the University of Strathclyde in the UK. She and her colleagues previously worked out how to 3D-print lenses like those used in microscopes, which led to the breakthrough.

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