Origami may soon start saving lives. That's the hope of Stanford professor Manu Prakash, who created Foldscope – a foldable paper microscope. He says it will help healthcare workers who need to quickly diagnose diseases like malaria. And it could be a low-cost, high-payoff tool for curious students around the world.
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