Make Your Cell Phone a Microscope!

Smart phones seem to do an endless number of amazing tasks for us these days. We can find the nearest Chinese restaurant or videotape our kid’s piano recital or stick the phone up to our car radio and learn what song is playing. With all of the fun and useful applications, sometimes I forget that you simply can use the device to dial numbers and talk to another person. But what if you also could use your phone to create a portable science laboratory? Apparently, you can!

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