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Asked by Bethany is @home! to Anna on 7 May 2020.
Question: I have a microscope that I can use at home would you use this sort of thing?
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Anna Zakrzewska answered on 7 May 2020: last edited 7 May 2020 1:44 pm
Yes, we often use microscopes in the lab. Some of the electronics is very small, and miscroscopes help to investigate it. For example, my very talented colleague managed to fit over 6000 antennas operating at extremely high frequency of 300 GHz on a wafer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wafer_(electronics) ). The design was smaller than your palm! It would be impossible to see the antennas with a naked eye. What did you observe with your miscroscope?
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Bethany is @home! commented on :
Thank you I study my hair ,string,chocolat( an excuse 2 eat it ) and other stuff
Anna commented on :
I like your approach to include some chocolate in the study as a little research reward 🙂
Bethany is @home! commented on :
😋
Tiffany commented on :
Absolutely! I would be looking at some feathers, blades of grass, any jewellery I can find around the house, fingernails – basically, anything that will fit under the microscope 🙂
Karen commented on :
If you have some clear nail varnish you can put a little bit on the back of a leaf, let it dry, then put some sellotape over the nail varnish. Press down hard on the sellotape and pull it off the leaf very gently. if you have a slide, carefully stick the sellotape down. You should then be able to see the stomata (breathing pores) of the leaf. A good plant to try this on is ivy – it usually works quite well. Most plants look different under the microscope but some can be difficult to make an impression in this way.
Bethany is @home! commented on :
Ok