Kimiko Hirota

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  Walking around campus, I was admiring the trees as I usually do, but this time I pulled a small, red leaf off of a tree near my house. I remembered Professor Cyert saying we need to find materials that are thin enough to see through, so I hoped this leaf would do the trick. I placed the little leaf onto a glass slide and viola! Using my phone and the foldscope kit light, I found a beautiful magenta stem and, even better, a gorgeous, gem-like looking blemish. From the naked eye, this spot on the leaf looks like some dirt or at least a dark spot that takes away from the leaf’s beauty. But via foldscope, its colors are impressive; there’s some gold, silver, and brass, all surrounded by a deeper red. Even its cell walls are pretty to look at! Bio60_2019
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A Beautiful Blemish? BIO60_2019

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 I carefully laid a few thin white pieces of cactus hair on a slide, taped a cover slide on top, and viewed it on my phone using the provided foldscope light. I was especially impressed by how much detail you can see via foldscope in each hair. They look woven with a nice texture to them.
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