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Photograph of Prakash’s low-cost, AI-powered self-driving microscope sitting on a wooden desk beside a laptop opened to show images from a slide that was recently scanned. The microscope looks like a black box with a slot near the top where a movable arm comes out to receive a glass slide. The lens extends from the top of box like a tower. On the right of the microscope, a black device with toggles and a hand held controller sits to allow workers to move the microscope around the slide and control its functions.
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Engineer Manu Prakash helped develop a malaria-finding microscope that works in low-resource settings, improving access to sensitive infectious disease diagnostics.

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Top 10 Innovations 2021

2021 Top 10 Innovations

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Izzy Jayasinghe Harnesses Cutting-Edge Microscopy to Image Cells

Image of the Day: Microscopic Creatures

2019 Top 10 Innovations

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Image of the Day: Super Speedy Microscopy

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Infographic: High Precision Magnetic Tweezers

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Intracellular Magnetic Manipulations

Image of the Day: Under the Microscope

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Prolonged GLP-1 Exposure Remodels Gene Expression in the Pancreas by Flipping a Molecular Switch

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Student Admits She Did Not Conduct Experiments in Now-Retracted Paper

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Cockroach Milk Proteins Churn Out an Ig Nobel Win

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Ovarian Cancer Cells Use Fructose to Promote Metastasis 

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

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Multiplex Microscopy Becomes Easier with Encoded Antibodies

A new system that enables researchers to uniquely tag monoclonal antibodies for use in microscopy could help simplify complex imaging studies.

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

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Beyond the Basics: Strategies for Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis

Beyond the Basics: Strategies for Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis

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Building Translation-Ready Biomarkers with Connected Workflows

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