Science on a shoestring
Nature Medicine 13, 1128 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nm1007-1128a
Microscopes made from bamboo bring biology into focus
Paroma Basu1
- New Delhi
Abstract
Funding is tight. Grants are rejected. Research equipment is too expensive. And these are complaints heard in well-heeled laboratories in the US and UK. In the following pages, we present inspiring examples of scientists who, using materials as simple as litmus paper, bamboo and blenders, prove that science on a shoestring is possible—and sometimes even better than the alternative.