Foldscoping snow
Jan 01, 2019 • 8:24 AM UTC
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Manu Prakash
I am a faculty at Stanford and run the Prakash Lab at Department of Bioengineering at Stanford University. Foldscope community is at the heart of our Frugal Science movement - and I can not tell you how proud I am of this community and grassroots movement. Find our work here: http://prakashlab.stanford.edu
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What a way to start 2019 – it was snowing all morning; and I tried to foldscope snow. Here is a quick tutorial. It’s beautiful how the snow flakes melt!
More soon. Enjoy the video.
More soon. Enjoy the video.
Now, here is a puzzle. Why does the snow flake melt as soon as we start imaging them. Leave comments with ideas and control experiments below.
Cheers
Manu
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Cheers
Manu
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