A Syrian refugee living in Jordan has invented a laser microscope using materials from a scrap market, Syrian news agency Zaman Al-Wasl reports. 20 year-old Abbas Al-Faouri created the model having spent less than one and a half Jordanian dinars on the microscope’s parts, using scrapped materials instead. Though the initial model is basic in its design, it can be used to study microbes in a pre-prepared sample. Al-Faouri was unable to complete his further education in Syria, when his family fled to Jordan in 2013. Two years later, he enrolled at Al-Quds College through a British diploma scholarship in the field of civil engineering. During his studies, he presented a simplified explanation of the general theory of relativity and … Continue reading Syrian refugee in Jordan invents laser microscope