Microcosmos

MANGO LEAF

While looking for butterflies in the Nangal region, I got interested in pigeons. A lot many could be found near my place. I picked up a small, light weighted, delicate, silky, fluffy feather to look under a foldscope and saw beautiful cross fibres that I am sharing.

wolfbee wing

21.06.2018 அன்று திருச்சி மாவட்டம் பெட்டவாய்தலை இரத்தினா மேல்நிலைப்பள்ளியில் பயிலும் மாணவ, மாணவிகள் மத்தியில் மடிப்பு நுண்ணோக்கியை அறிமுகம் செய்து வைத்து அதன் செயல்பாடுகள் விளக்கமளிக்கப்பட்டது. இந் நிகழ்வை மாவட்டச் செயலாளர் நடராசன் அவர்களும், மாவட்டப் பொருளாளர் கோகுல் அவர்களும் ஒருங்கிணைத்தனர். இதற்கான ஏற்பாட்டை மணிகண்டன் செய்திருந்தார். அற்புதமான நிகழ்ச்சி மாணவர்கள் உற்சாகமாகவும், ஆச்சரியமாகவும் கண்டு களித்தனர்.

ZOOPLANKTON – V

Twinning of our Foldscope project with students of Department of Biotechnology, Bundelkhand University

Training program entitled “Foldscope and its application’ organised at Bundelkhand University on 5th May 2018 as a part of foldscope project of Department of Biotechnology (DBT) India. Coordinators: Dr. Uma Chaudhry and Dr. Rambir Sehrawat Students of Department of Biotechnology, Bundelkhand University enthusiastically participated in a hands-on training program on ‘Foldscope and its application’ organised on 5th…

Sïllý But Biologist have to test it😄👍 …… URINE OBSERVATION by Abhi

Curiosity over as I tried this experiment. This is the urine with all its constituents include Bacteria, RBC, Wbc, n also the impurities. Really really interesting. But a fault found is the cell type, not really know the cell type!!! Alas! Thnkx to the foldscope community for helping us and generate interest in science especially…

RBC’s observed today….. The cut i got , blood collected from there! By Abhi

Really got happy not becoz I clicked this but becoz I utilized the blood got frm my cut wound. He.he 😂 😂. Red Blood Cells observed couple of days back by me but posted it today due to the bad network….. Really interesting. By Abhijeet Singh Dewari from Lakes International School, Bhimtal, Nainital

Body dust of Moth

When we touch a ‘Moth’ the dust like substances stick to our hand. Today with my Foldscope I observe the substances. They are all alike and differently colourd & its have fine hair too. Hope you enjoy. BRHSS, Bongaigaon, assam.

Section of a feather

'While it may seem small, the ripple effects of small things is extraordinary.' this is exactly what I thought when my partner and I put a few strands of a feather under the foldscope along with my other friends from CMRNPUC ITPL. You could see the smallest of details ,things you didn't know before ....

Ocimum

Ocimum Seed:

Plectranthus amboinicus

Epidermal hair on Plectranthus amboinicus

Lipoma

Section from Lipoma shows mature Adipose tissue as seen under Foldscope from the Department of Pathology of R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain

Fallopian Tube

Section from Fallopian Tube shows fimbrae and surrounding stromal tissue as seen under Foldscope from the Department of pathology of R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain

Chronic Non-Specific Inflammatory Lesion

Section shows Adipose tissue and surrounding inflammatory cell infilterate as seen under Foldscope from the Department of pathology of R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain

stomata

opened and closed stomata

Chronic Appendicitis

Section from Appendix shows mucosal gland and lymphoid follicles and surrounding inflammation seen under Foldscope from the Department of R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain

pollen grain

Prostate

Section from Biopsy of Prostate shows Prostatic Acini and surrounding stromal tissue as seen under Foldscope from Department of R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain

Cervix

Section from Exocervix shows covering stratified squamous epithelium and underlying stroma seen under Foldscope from R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain

Acute Abscess

Section from Abscess shows Acute inflammatory cell infilterate as seen under Foldscope from Department of R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain

Acute Appendicitis

Section from Appendiceal mucosa showing inflammation, mucosal glands and hemorrhage as seen under Foldscope from Department of Pathology of R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain

Plankton at Tamdil lake

We went to tamdil on 25th may to get the may samples for our project. We hired 2 buses and one other vehicle and there were showers the day before . The students were quite enthused. It was a 4 hours ride and was a bit hectic. The water temperature was 27°C. We have been…

Introductions of Fold scope to vegetable farmers (Mr. Santosh shilal) and his neighbor in lower Khamdong area of Sikkim with IPM officials

Foldscope, being a handy and portable tool, has been helpful in creating awareness of science at the door of farmers. It gives me a high confidence in differentiating the similar symptoms of diseases in farmers field. School children are highly curious about this microscope.

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Polarized Pseudoscorpion!!

Hello everyone! What do you think of when you hear the word Scorpion? Maybe something that you should stay miles away from!! Today I have a for you a Pseudoscorpion! You may think that these are close relatives of the dreadful scorpions but nope, these are actually more closely related to Arachnids! And to answer…

An ant to begin with

I am a commerce graduate. Seeing my friends (from GGDSD @ Chandigarh peeping through this binocular like thing called Foldscope, I made an attempt at fixing an ant from the kitchen shelf and viewing the creature. It was my first attempt and I was amazed how a folding paper can give you an insight into…

Mold on curd (homemade yogurt)!!!

Mold on curd, is that even possible? That was my first reaction when I first saw it happen, and I bet many of you would have reacted similarly. Let us walk you through the whole sequence of events as they happened. However let me clarify, I wasn’t looking for mold on curd, it just happened. After my previous post…