German scientists have built a high resolution microscope out of Lego ... coli and malarial parasites in a sample. Lego bricks have proved to be a useful resource for affordable components for ...

The only non-LEGO parts are the microscope’s lenses. For high magnification, these can be cannibalized from a low-cost replacement iPhone 5 camera module and then attached to a LEGO brick with ...

Now, researchers from the Universities of Göttingen and Münster have succeeded in building a high-resolution microscope using nothing more than children's plastic building bricks and affordable ...

Completed late last year and confirmed this week in a Guinness press announcement, micro-artist David Lindon has managed to build a red Lego brick with dimensions equal roughly to that of a single ...