Lego artist Carl Merriman has built a fully functional compound microscope out of Lego bricks. A clever use of magnifying glasses, adjustable knobs, and LEDs gives the LEGO Microscope MkII its 10x ...

Atomic force microscopy is a powerful technique that has been widely used in materials research, nano-imaging, and bioimaging. It is a topographical metrology approach that is commonly utilized in ...

This should further magnify LEGO's versatility: a working microscope made from—what else?—LEGO bricks. But LEGO artist Carl Merriam, who created the small wonder last year, now needs support to have ...