University of Manchester scientists have produced the world’s most powerful optical microscope, which could help understand the causes of many viruses and diseases ... 50 nanometres (5 x 10-8m) – ...

which causes skin diseases and blindness. In both worms, the researchers saw viruses under a microscope — specifically, they saw a virus called BMRV1 in the former and OVRV1 in the latter.

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena have developed a pocket-sized microscope that may prove useful for diagnosing diseases like malaria in the developing world.

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