The Foldscope brings a powerful science tool to schools that can't afford microscopes. Scientists use it too. Its creators have handed out 2 million units, including a new mini-model for younger kids.
Fold paper. Insert lens. This $2 microscope changes how kids see the world
The Foldscope brings a powerful science tool to schools that can't afford microscopes. Scientists use it too. Its creators have handed out 2 million units, including a new mini-model for younger kids.
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November 24, 2024 at 5:29 PM
The Foldscope brings a powerful science tool to schools that can't afford microscopes. Scientists use it too. Its creators have handed out 2 million units, including a new mini-model for younger kids.
S. Hariraj, 8 years, assembles his foldscope. "The Foldscope taught me that the world we see around us can be very different than what we assume," he says. "It's like having a third eye." Photo by Viraj Nayer for NPR. Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
December 8, 2024 at 6:58 PM
S. Hariraj, 8 years, assembles his foldscope. "The Foldscope taught me that the world we see around us can be very different than what we assume," he says. "It's like having a third eye." Photo by Viraj Nayer for NPR. Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
For last 10 years - we have worked with thousands of organizations around the world helping support them in integrating foldscope programs.
To bring in a new cohort of organizations - we are re-launching “fast and curious” 2025 edition - apply and get a Foldscope trainer and Foldscopes for free!
To bring in a new cohort of organizations - we are re-launching “fast and curious” 2025 edition - apply and get a Foldscope trainer and Foldscopes for free!
🔬 Free microscopes + teacher training!
📅 Applications are now open. To apply, visit www.foldscope.com or scan the QR code (video)
✉️ Any questions? Email us at training@foldscope.com
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📅 Applications are now open. To apply, visit www.foldscope.com or scan the QR code (video)
✉️ Any questions? Email us at training@foldscope.com
#stem #education #science #teachers #training #free #microscopy #educators #professionaldevelopment #microscope
September 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
For last 10 years - we have worked with thousands of organizations around the world helping support them in integrating foldscope programs.
To bring in a new cohort of organizations - we are re-launching “fast and curious” 2025 edition - apply and get a Foldscope trainer and Foldscopes for free!
To bring in a new cohort of organizations - we are re-launching “fast and curious” 2025 edition - apply and get a Foldscope trainer and Foldscopes for free!
Want to engage and « do something » about microplastics in your own environment.
Consider joining the foldscope community that has been mapping novel sources of microplastics around the world.
microcosmos.foldscope.com/post/zCoLNt3...
Consider joining the foldscope community that has been mapping novel sources of microplastics around the world.
microcosmos.foldscope.com/post/zCoLNt3...
October 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Want to engage and « do something » about microplastics in your own environment.
Consider joining the foldscope community that has been mapping novel sources of microplastics around the world.
microcosmos.foldscope.com/post/zCoLNt3...
Consider joining the foldscope community that has been mapping novel sources of microplastics around the world.
microcosmos.foldscope.com/post/zCoLNt3...
"The Foldscope: my portal to another world"
Check out this 🔥 review of the amazing cardboard microsope invented by @prakashlab.bsky.social @teamfoldscope.bsky.social
Thanks @focalplane.bsky.social for allowing my daughter to share her love of microscopy
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/01/24/t...
Check out this 🔥 review of the amazing cardboard microsope invented by @prakashlab.bsky.social @teamfoldscope.bsky.social
Thanks @focalplane.bsky.social for allowing my daughter to share her love of microscopy
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/01/24/t...
The Foldscope: my portal to another world - FocalPlane
The Foldscope: my portal to another world -
focalplane.biologists.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM
"The Foldscope: my portal to another world"
Check out this 🔥 review of the amazing cardboard microsope invented by @prakashlab.bsky.social @teamfoldscope.bsky.social
Thanks @focalplane.bsky.social for allowing my daughter to share her love of microscopy
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/01/24/t...
Check out this 🔥 review of the amazing cardboard microsope invented by @prakashlab.bsky.social @teamfoldscope.bsky.social
Thanks @focalplane.bsky.social for allowing my daughter to share her love of microscopy
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/01/24/t...
Success. Nearly 259 Foldscope deployed in hands of unsuspecting candy crazy kids. Halloween is always more colorful with the microscopes - specially in a few weeks they could look at the micro-fauna of the teeth with so much sugar consumption.
November 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Success. Nearly 259 Foldscope deployed in hands of unsuspecting candy crazy kids. Halloween is always more colorful with the microscopes - specially in a few weeks they could look at the micro-fauna of the teeth with so much sugar consumption.
My favorite NPR story blog - “Goats and Soda” sent a writer and photographer to a rural school in India; an early adopter of Foldscope. A wonderful photo story of kids “reading nature”. In this current challenging climate - the kids show us the way with joy and wonder.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
November 24, 2024 at 4:55 PM
My favorite NPR story blog - “Goats and Soda” sent a writer and photographer to a rural school in India; an early adopter of Foldscope. A wonderful photo story of kids “reading nature”. In this current challenging climate - the kids show us the way with joy and wonder.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Foldscope began as an idea to make science more accessible. That idea has grown into a company that now delivers powerful scientific tools around the world!
foldscope.com
foldscope.com
Foldscope Paper Microscopes | Portable Microscopes
Foldscope makes science more accessible. Our foldable paper microscopes are low-cost devices that bring the wonders of the microscopic world to all.
foldscope.com
November 12, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Foldscope began as an idea to make science more accessible. That idea has grown into a company that now delivers powerful scientific tools around the world!
foldscope.com
foldscope.com
Nice! Check out this @focalplane.bsky.social post for some tips and tricks for getting the most out of your #FoldScope, from the perspective of another new user focalplane.biologists.com/2025/01/24/t...
The Foldscope: my portal to another world - FocalPlane
The Foldscope: my portal to another world -
focalplane.biologists.com
March 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Nice! Check out this @focalplane.bsky.social post for some tips and tricks for getting the most out of your #FoldScope, from the perspective of another new user focalplane.biologists.com/2025/01/24/t...
Took my Evo Cell Bio @ColbyCollege class out for field sampling of protists today and in the meantime grabbed a quick snap of stomata on an aquatic plant with a #foldscope. I was surprised to see it... didn't even know about structure of aquatic plants!
September 17, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Took my Evo Cell Bio @ColbyCollege class out for field sampling of protists today and in the meantime grabbed a quick snap of stomata on an aquatic plant with a #foldscope. I was surprised to see it... didn't even know about structure of aquatic plants!
Team Foldscope at #CellBio2024. Come for some exciting surprises (Foldscope Game); stay for the goal of making science more accessible globally. Don’t miss it.
We’re thrilled to announce that we will at the American Society of Cell Biology ( #ASCB ) Annual Meeting in San Diego, December 14–18! 🎯 Visit us at Booth #538
#STEM #conference
#STEM #conference
December 15, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Team Foldscope at #CellBio2024. Come for some exciting surprises (Foldscope Game); stay for the goal of making science more accessible globally. Don’t miss it.
I love when one microscope helps another - free Foldscope at Cephla booth at #ASTMH today. Learn about autonomous AI driven malaria diagnostics and pick a Foldscope 2.0 pack for your flight back.
November 16, 2024 at 9:52 PM
I love when one microscope helps another - free Foldscope at Cephla booth at #ASTMH today. Learn about autonomous AI driven malaria diagnostics and pick a Foldscope 2.0 pack for your flight back.
Science needs to be part of our day to traditions. For many years - I have continued to give Foldscope @teamfoldscope.bsky.social with the candy on Halloween. Try it out and surprise the kids with the capacity to see and discover real #microMonsters crawling on our planet. 🎃👻
#FoldscopeHalloween
#FoldscopeHalloween
October 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Science needs to be part of our day to traditions. For many years - I have continued to give Foldscope @teamfoldscope.bsky.social with the candy on Halloween. Try it out and surprise the kids with the capacity to see and discover real #microMonsters crawling on our planet. 🎃👻
#FoldscopeHalloween
#FoldscopeHalloween
Inspired by the talk of Manu Prakash @prakashlab.bsky.social at #biologists100, I decided to build the #foldscope on my way home.
Amazing example of ways in which we can make science (+the joys of observing nature) more accessible.
Time to join the microcosmos community! @teamfoldscope.bsky.social
Amazing example of ways in which we can make science (+the joys of observing nature) more accessible.
Time to join the microcosmos community! @teamfoldscope.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Inspired by the talk of Manu Prakash @prakashlab.bsky.social at #biologists100, I decided to build the #foldscope on my way home.
Amazing example of ways in which we can make science (+the joys of observing nature) more accessible.
Time to join the microcosmos community! @teamfoldscope.bsky.social
Amazing example of ways in which we can make science (+the joys of observing nature) more accessible.
Time to join the microcosmos community! @teamfoldscope.bsky.social
Exploring the Microcosmos through Foldscope-Frugal Science Microscopy in Focus 🔬
Aarushi Verma shares how their team used Foldscope to introduce students to the microscopic world as part of the Lodha Genius Programme, an outreach programme hosted at Ashoka University.
Aarushi Verma shares how their team used Foldscope to introduce students to the microscopic world as part of the Lodha Genius Programme, an outreach programme hosted at Ashoka University.
Exploring the Microcosmos through Foldscope-Frugal Science Microscopy in Focus - FocalPlane
Exploring the Microcosmos through Foldscope-Frugal Science Microscopy in Focus - Education
focalplane.biologists.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Exploring the Microcosmos through Foldscope-Frugal Science Microscopy in Focus 🔬
Aarushi Verma shares how their team used Foldscope to introduce students to the microscopic world as part of the Lodha Genius Programme, an outreach programme hosted at Ashoka University.
Aarushi Verma shares how their team used Foldscope to introduce students to the microscopic world as part of the Lodha Genius Programme, an outreach programme hosted at Ashoka University.
Manu Prakash’s passion for science is infectious and his efforts to democratize science is impressive. Just Google “Foldscope”. Definitely give @prakashlab.bsky.social a follow.
A major setback or progress, depending on how you look “glass half full” situation of ocean based carbon sequestration.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We just found a major hidden biological parameter that controls flux of carbon in our oceans carbon budget calculations.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We just found a major hidden biological parameter that controls flux of carbon in our oceans carbon budget calculations.
Hidden comet tails of marine snow impede ocean-based carbon sequestration
Gravity-driven sinking of “marine snow” sequesters carbon in the ocean, constituting a key biological pump that regulates Earth’s climate. A mechanistic understanding of this phenomenon is obscured by...
www.science.org
November 10, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Manu Prakash’s passion for science is infectious and his efforts to democratize science is impressive. Just Google “Foldscope”. Definitely give @prakashlab.bsky.social a follow.
Thank you! FoldScope
foldscope.com?srsltid=AfmB...
foldscope.com?srsltid=AfmB...
Foldscope Paper Microscopes | Portable Microscopes
Foldscope makes science more accessible. Our foldable paper microscopes are low-cost devices that bring the wonders of the microscopic world to all.
foldscope.com
March 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Thank you! FoldScope
foldscope.com?srsltid=AfmB...
foldscope.com?srsltid=AfmB...
📢Foldscope 🔬review on FocalPlane
Amy Lowell blogs about Foldscope @teamfoldscope.bsky.social sharing her top tips and some of the images she has collected.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/01/24/t...
Amy Lowell blogs about Foldscope @teamfoldscope.bsky.social sharing her top tips and some of the images she has collected.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/01/24/t...
The Foldscope: my portal to another world - FocalPlane
The Foldscope: my portal to another world -
focalplane.biologists.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
📢Foldscope 🔬review on FocalPlane
Amy Lowell blogs about Foldscope @teamfoldscope.bsky.social sharing her top tips and some of the images she has collected.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/01/24/t...
Amy Lowell blogs about Foldscope @teamfoldscope.bsky.social sharing her top tips and some of the images she has collected.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/01/24/t...
So many things to be thankful in 2024 - I want to highlight generosity of individuals who have supported @teamfoldscope.bsky.social access programs around the world from Liberia to Congo. Beautiful story from Peru bringing Foldscope to thousands of kids in mountains
m.youtube.com/watch?v=NtFA...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=NtFA...
How an Origami Microscope is Changing Lives in Rural Peru 🔬
YouTube video by Foldscope Instruments
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December 31, 2024 at 6:10 PM
So many things to be thankful in 2024 - I want to highlight generosity of individuals who have supported @teamfoldscope.bsky.social access programs around the world from Liberia to Congo. Beautiful story from Peru bringing Foldscope to thousands of kids in mountains
m.youtube.com/watch?v=NtFA...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=NtFA...
🌊 World Water Monitoring Day – Sept 18
Foldscoper Mitali Patil used her Foldscope and polarized light to explore live water samples from a pond in Ratnagiri. Her post shows that when science meets curiosity, even the tiniest organisms can shine bright.
microcosmos.foldscope.com/post/transfe...
Foldscoper Mitali Patil used her Foldscope and polarized light to explore live water samples from a pond in Ratnagiri. Her post shows that when science meets curiosity, even the tiniest organisms can shine bright.
microcosmos.foldscope.com/post/transfe...
September 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Starstruck to meet Manu Prakash @prakashlab.bsky.social inventor of the amazing Foldscope @teamfoldscope.bsky.social
He is full of inspiring ideas on how to share the wonder of the natural world with EVERYONE. So important. Maybe there are things we can all do to help
#biologists100
He is full of inspiring ideas on how to share the wonder of the natural world with EVERYONE. So important. Maybe there are things we can all do to help
#biologists100
March 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Starstruck to meet Manu Prakash @prakashlab.bsky.social inventor of the amazing Foldscope @teamfoldscope.bsky.social
He is full of inspiring ideas on how to share the wonder of the natural world with EVERYONE. So important. Maybe there are things we can all do to help
#biologists100
He is full of inspiring ideas on how to share the wonder of the natural world with EVERYONE. So important. Maybe there are things we can all do to help
#biologists100
Whether the view is filled with light or filled with darkness, beauty can still be found in both.
(Azalea stigma viewed under a Foldscope 2.0 at 50X magnification)
#FearlessMicroscopy #Foldscope #STEAM #ScienceIsBeautiful #ArtsIntegration
(Azalea stigma viewed under a Foldscope 2.0 at 50X magnification)
#FearlessMicroscopy #Foldscope #STEAM #ScienceIsBeautiful #ArtsIntegration
November 21, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Whether the view is filled with light or filled with darkness, beauty can still be found in both.
(Azalea stigma viewed under a Foldscope 2.0 at 50X magnification)
#FearlessMicroscopy #Foldscope #STEAM #ScienceIsBeautiful #ArtsIntegration
(Azalea stigma viewed under a Foldscope 2.0 at 50X magnification)
#FearlessMicroscopy #Foldscope #STEAM #ScienceIsBeautiful #ArtsIntegration
Now that is a great idea - when my kids were young enough to trick or treat I would have been delighted if they had come home with a Foldscope.
Success. Nearly 259 Foldscope deployed in hands of unsuspecting candy crazy kids. Halloween is always more colorful with the microscopes - specially in a few weeks they could look at the micro-fauna of the teeth with so much sugar consumption.
November 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Now that is a great idea - when my kids were young enough to trick or treat I would have been delighted if they had come home with a Foldscope.
Happy New Year on behalf of the Foldscope team! We wish you a year filled with discovery, and wonder! Here's to a year of curiosity and creativity with Foldscope 🥂
January 1, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Happy New Year on behalf of the Foldscope team! We wish you a year filled with discovery, and wonder! Here's to a year of curiosity and creativity with Foldscope 🥂
אם את לא רוצה להתחיל עם משהו יקר ומסורבל, יש את המיקרוסקופ המתקפל שפיתחו במעבדה של @prakashlab.bsky.social
foldscope.com
foldscope.com
Foldscope Paper Microscopes | Portable Microscopes
Foldscope makes science more accessible. Our foldable paper microscopes are low-cost devices that bring the wonders of the microscopic world to all.
foldscope.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
אם את לא רוצה להתחיל עם משהו יקר ומסורבל, יש את המיקרוסקופ המתקפל שפיתחו במעבדה של @prakashlab.bsky.social
foldscope.com
foldscope.com