[Robert Murray-Smith] wanted to recreate how some ancient microscopes worked: with a drop of water as a lens. The idea is that the meniscus of a drop of water will work as a lens. This works because ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A droplet of clear liquid can bend light, acting as a lens. Now, by exploiting this well-known phenomenon, researchers have developed a new process to create inexpensive ...

Great article giving great insight to what he actually did. Often there were not such irreplaceable secrets in antiquity that we can’t equal in the same or other ways. This should be obvious because ...

This photo shows a set of droplet lenses on a microscope coverslip held up by ANU researcher Steve Lee. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...