#Microscope

[caleod]

2-5-25

[jacques-le-fataliste-23]

Min Ding

Via: https://www.instagram.com/p/DG2QuZWPkGz/

[zegalba]

Sand Under a Microscope.

There are roughly 8,000,000,000 grains of sand per cubic meter of beach, and roughly 700,000,000,000 cubic meters of beach on Earth. That's 5 sextillion grains of sand. An incomprehensible number, and yet every sand grain is microscopically unique. Like a snowflake, no two are the same.

[the-starry-lycan]

HAUUGHRHGHH ANALYZING THE MICROSCOPE MAN

I look at him and I see that they did a decent job with his design because there are the parts that actually correspond to a real microscope. And I work with microscopes, I know the basic anatomy of one.

On his forearms are two smaller dials, and these would generally correspond to moving your microscope slide up and down + left and right, respectively.

Over his shoulder is the scope, which is.. the scope we look through. On top is another dial, maybe for lens focus?

Thing on his chassis might be the stage itself (the place where you put the sample you wanna look at).

His limbs and frame do resemble, somewhat, the actual frame of an actual microscope.

There are, of course, parts I can't find, such as the light itself and light adjustment dial, the two (or one, depending!) dials for moving the stage up and down, etc, but he does look like a microscope.

..I'm normal about Percy, I swear.

More Microscope Obsessing

[mizu-schizo-dog]

took some pics of my asbestos today :3

[snailb0t]

Sorry I can apparently only manage to post on one platform consistently (and even then I have just forgotten to uh. Post on there oops) and I’ve been writing my stupid thesis BUT!! I have returned with more jaderose (yayyy rejoice) this time they are TINY yippee!!

[digitalfossils]

Magical Display: the Art of Photomicrography (1993)

[neat-deadandlive-things]

Okay, who is pole dancing in my Tolypothrix?!

[twinsfawn]

various tissue samples viewed through the microscope of my high school pathophysiology class. these have been sitting in my google drive since 2016. i didn’t label them so i couldn’t tell you what any of them are displaying now.

[fleshwizard]

i've been mixing flesh, wax, chemicals and dyes for months to obtain these images

[chasingrainbowsforever]

Cross Section of a Pine Needle, Magnified

[niqvassieart]

microscope life drawings - tardigrade and colony of Vorticella ciliates.

[nobeerreviews]

Can't get over the fact that a cat's tongue under the microscope has many little cat tongues all over it

[dystopianroach]

[100x Magnification]

inspected some more deceased Daphnia underneath the microscope today, and saw this little hungry bastard - around 10-20 μm in length and actively eating the carcass and little tidbits around it. I'm thinking it's some kind of rotifer? but its sooo small. baby rotifer? I could watch these little things for hours. Look at his little "tails"!

EDIT: someone pointed out that I accidentally called this little guy unicellular! I was writing a lab report about unicellular organisms while making this post - I meant to say if not a rotifer maybe a unicellular eukaryote. Maybe don’t do three to four things at once and write a tumblr post at the same time

[reasonsforhope]

"Malaria once cast a long shadow over Lao PDR [Laos]. In 1997, an estimated 462,000 people were infected with significant economic and social impacts. 

Education and employment were disrupted, and countless lives were lost. The disease's grip extended far beyond the initial illness, with long-term health consequences a heavy burden on communities.

However, a dramatic shift has occurred. Thanks to accelerated strategies implemented by the National Malaria Control and Elimination Program, Ministry of Health and its partners, including the World Health Organization and United States Agency for International Development (USAID), malaria cases have dropped by over 90 percent over the past decade, with just 809 cases in 2023. The nation is now on the brink of eliminating Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest malaria parasite, by the end of 2025. 

While many unsung heroes play crucial roles behind the scenes, including at the community level, a key group is laboratory technicians (microscopists). These dedicated individuals are the eyes on the ground, detecting, tracking, and monitoring malaria cases in high-risk areas...

While rapid tests are valuable tools, Somphan emphasizes the importance of microscopic examination – considered by WHO to be the “gold standard” for malaria diagnosis, and an important skill for every country’s health workforce to maintain for malaria elimination, and broader health security efforts.

Positively - her efforts, and the efforts of healthcare workers and health educators, are paying off. 

"People are now more aware of malaria and its dangers," Somphan says. "They have come to understand the seriousness of malaria and the importance of early diagnosis and proper treatment. They now recognize that avoiding hospitalization could lead to prolonged illness and greater disruption to their lives…they are more likely to seek medical attention, even for mild symptoms." 

The increasing number of patients coming for testing – sometimes up to 40 per day – is a testament to increased capacity and awareness in the community. But, she notes – they more increasingly have quiet days – a reflection of progress towards eliminating the disease."

-via USAID, August 20, 2024