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by DickensRyan
Mon Apr 08, 2024 6:15 am
Forum: Beginner's corner
Topic: Looking for help on buying a microscope.
Replies: 15
Views: 4020

Re: Looking for help on buying a microscope.

Hi all, OP ..as has been already asked: 'what type of basic soil biology' are your plans for microscopy application? There is so much excitement with the soil interactions/ communications between plants, fungi, bacteria in the rhizosphere /rhizobiome ...for water cycles/ mineral cycles/ nutrient sh...
by DickensRyan
Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:26 pm
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: What Does It Mean To Say One Ciliate Eats Another
Replies: 21
Views: 2197

Re: What Does It Mean To Say One Ciliate Eats Another

Phagocytosis is a remarkable phenomenon, as it reflects a complex mechanism of interaction between organisms that plays a pivotal role in sustaining biological systems. This process enables one organism to engulf another for the purpose of obtaining essential nutrients, opening wide avenues for furt...
by DickensRyan
Fri Nov 11, 2022 12:17 pm
Forum: Microscopes and optics
Topic: Kid's/student's objective standard?
Replies: 11
Views: 2654

Re: Kid's/student's objective standard?

There was a sort of standard developed by the manufacturers of toy/hobby microscopes from the 50's onward in Japan, sold widely through dept. stores. Objective thread was normally hitched to the size of the body of the scope and that was hitched to it's magnification. 300X, 450X, 600X, 750X, 900X, ...