Japan biophysicist turns smartphone into microscope

Japan biophysicist turns smartphone into microscope

NAGOYA, Japan - Kuniaki Nagayama, a professor emeritus in biophysics at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, poses on March 7, 2014, with a smartphone equipped with "Leye," a flat, detachable acrylic lens he has developed to turn the phone into a scientific microscope. On the upper right is a projected image of a fly's leg as seen through the lens.

Japan biophysicist turns smartphone into microscope

Japan biophysicist turns smartphone into microscope

NAGOYA, Japan - A smartphone equipped with "Leye," a flat, detachable acrylic lens developed by Kuniaki Nagayama, a professor emeritus in biophysics at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, shows an enlarged image of a fly's leg on March 7, 2014.

statue of DNA model, Institute of Biophysics of Czech Academy of Sciences

statue of DNA model, Institute of Biophysics of Czech Academy of Sciences

Czech Science Academy President Eva Zazimalova and cell physiologist Jiri Bartek attend unveiling of new statue of DNA model (photo) outside Institute of Biophysics of Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Monika Hlavacova)

Eva Zazimalova, Eva Bartova

Eva Zazimalova, Eva Bartova

Czech Science Academy President Eva Zazimalova (left) and Institut of Biophysics of Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno director Eva Bartova unveiled the new statue of DNA model outside Institute, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Monika Hlavacova)

statue of DNA model

statue of DNA model

Czech Science Academy President Eva Zazimalova and cell physiologist Jiri Bartek attend unveiling of new statue of DNA model (photo) outside Institute of Biophysics of Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Monika Hlavacova)

Jiri Bartek

Jiri Bartek

Czech Science Academy President Eva Zazimalova and cell physiologist Jiri Bartek (photo) attend unveiling of new statue of DNA model outside Institute of Biophysics of Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Monika Hlavacova)

Jiri Bartek

Jiri Bartek

Czech Science Academy President Eva Zazimalova and cell physiologist Jiri Bartek (photo) attend unveiling of new statue of DNA model outside Institute of Biophysics of Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Monika Hlavacova)

statue of DNA model

statue of DNA model

Czech Science Academy President Eva Zazimalova and cell physiologist Jiri Bartek attend unveiling of new statue of DNA model (photo) outside Institute of Biophysics of Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Monika Hlavacova)

Eva Zazimalova

Eva Zazimalova

Czech Science Academy President Eva Zazimalova (photo) and cell physiologist Jiri Bartek attend unveiling of new statue of DNA model outside Institute of Biophysics of Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Monika Hlavacova)

statue of DNA model

statue of DNA model

Czech Science Academy President Eva Zazimalova and cell physiologist Jiri Bartek attend unveiling of new statue of DNA model (photo) outside Institute of Biophysics of Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Monika Hlavacova)

Jiri Bartek

Jiri Bartek

Czech Science Academy President Eva Zazimalova and cell physiologist Jiri Bartek (photo) attend unveiling of new statue of DNA model outside Institute of Biophysics of Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Monika Hlavacova)

Eva Zazimalova, Eva Bartova

Eva Zazimalova, Eva Bartova

Czech Science Academy President Eva Zazimalova (left) and Institut of Biophysics of Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno director Eva Bartova unveiled the new statue of DNA model outside Institute, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Monika Hlavacova)

Eva Zazimalova, Eva Bartova, Jan Serak, Petr Soudek

Eva Zazimalova, Eva Bartova, Jan Serak, Petr Soudek

Czech Science Academy President Eva Zazimalova (second from right) and Institut of Biophysics of Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno director Eva Bartova (right) and blacksmiths and sculptors (from left) Jan Serak and Petr Soudek unveiled the new statue of DNA model outside Institute, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Monika Hlavacova)

statue of DNA model

statue of DNA model

Czech Science Academy President Eva Zazimalova and cell physiologist Jiri Bartek attend unveiling of new statue of DNA model (photo) outside Institute of Biophysics of Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Monika Hlavacova)

Jiri Bartek

Jiri Bartek

Czech Science Academy President Eva Zazimalova and cell physiologist Jiri Bartek (photo) attend unveiling of new statue of DNA model outside Institute of Biophysics of Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Monika Hlavacova)

statue of DNA model

statue of DNA model

Czech Science Academy President Eva Zazimalova and cell physiologist Jiri Bartek attend unveiling of new statue of DNA model (photo) outside Institute of Biophysics of Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Monika Hlavacova)

statue of DNA model

statue of DNA model

Czech Science Academy President Eva Zazimalova and cell physiologist Jiri Bartek attend unveiling of new statue of DNA model (photo) outside Institute of Biophysics of Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Monika Hlavacova)

Jiri Bartek

Jiri Bartek

Czech Science Academy President Eva Zazimalova and cell physiologist Jiri Bartek (photo) attend unveiling of new statue of DNA model outside Institute of Biophysics of Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Monika Hlavacova)

Jiri Bartek

Jiri Bartek

Czech Science Academy President Eva Zazimalova and cell physiologist Jiri Bartek (photo) attend unveiling of new statue of DNA model outside Institute of Biophysics of Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Monika Hlavacova)

Jiri Bartek

Jiri Bartek

Czech Science Academy President Eva Zazimalova and cell physiologist Jiri Bartek (photo) attend unveiling of new statue of DNA model outside Institute of Biophysics of Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Monika Hlavacova)

statue of DNA model

statue of DNA model

Czech Science Academy President Eva Zazimalova and cell physiologist Jiri Bartek attend unveiling of new statue of DNA model (photo) outside Institute of Biophysics of Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Monika Hlavacova)

Jiri Bartek

Jiri Bartek

Czech Science Academy President Eva Zazimalova and cell physiologist Jiri Bartek (photo) attend unveiling of new statue of DNA model outside Institute of Biophysics of Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Monika Hlavacova)

Jiri Bartek

Jiri Bartek

Czech Science Academy President Eva Zazimalova and cell physiologist Jiri Bartek (photo) attend unveiling of new statue of DNA model outside Institute of Biophysics of Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. (CTK Photo/Monika Hlavacova)