We live in a beautiful world – and that beauty and complexity extends far beyond what humans can see unaided....
An inquiry approach is a method often used in science education. The question bank provides an initial list of questions about nanoscience and places where their...
Nanoscience involves the study of chemical and physical changes that happen at the nanoscale. Researchers and scientists are interested in the nanoscale, because when many materials...
Microscopes let us view an invisible world – the objects around us that are too small to be seen with the naked eye. This timeline provides...
Taking a closer look at our world Microscopes let us view an invisible world – the objects around us that are too small to be seen...
Observation is something we often do instinctively. Observation helps us decide whether it’s safe to cross the road and helps to determine if cupcakes are ready...
Position: Former Associate Professor, School of Engineering, University of Waikato. Field: Optics, optoelectronics. Rainer was born in Germany where he attended high school and university. He...
Associate Professor Gordon Sanderson’s research is in the field of ophthalmology – a scientific field of study that is concerned with anatomy, physiology and diseases of...
Position: University Lecturer, Department of Applied Sciences, University of Otago. Field: Clothing and textile sciences. Dr Bronwyn Lowe hasn’t had your ‘standard’ scientific career path. Rather...
Position: Microscopist, Microscopy Otago. Field: Microscopy. Liz Girvan is a microscopist at the University of Otago. She looks after two scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) at the...
Electron microscopes were developed in the 1930s to enable us to look more closely at objects than is possible with a light microscope. Scientists correctly predicted...
Since Antonie van Leeuwenhoek first saw mysterious ‘animalcules’ (bacteria) through his simple glass lens in the late 1600s, scientists have wanted to understand more about the...
Electron microscopes are very powerful tools for visualising biological samples. They enable scientists to view cells, tissues and small organisms in very great detail. However, these...
Every cell in your body contains organelles (structures that have specific functions). Just like organs in the body, each organelle contributes in its own way to...
Cells are the building blocks of life – all living organisms are made up of them. Textbooks often show a single ‘typical’ example of a plant...
From the universe itself down to the tiniest subatomic particle, objects in our world exist in a mind-boggling array of sizes. With microscopes, we can look...
A microscope is something that uses a lens or lenses to make small objects look bigger and to show more detail. This means that a magnifying...
Microscopes enhance our sense of sight – they allow us to look directly at things that are far too small to view with the naked eye....
Earthquakes are a fact of life in New Zealand, but we still don’t understand exactly what triggers them. Microscopes are some of the many tools that...
The human brain has a multitude of functions. As well as organising our thoughts, feelings and actions, it also controls bodily processes like fertility. At puberty,...
We know a lot about how cells work and about the organelles they contain (the nucleus, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum and so on). However, scientific knowledge is...
We live in a beautiful world – and that beauty and complexity extends far beyond what humans can see unaided. From plant and animal anatomy to...
An inquiry approach is a method often used in science education. The question bank provides an initial list of questions about our resources on exploring with...
Position: Technical Manager, Otago Micro and Nanoscale Imaging. Field: Microscopy. Allan Mitchell is the technical leader at Otago Micro and Nanoscale Imaging, the centralised microscopy facility...
Microscopes have played an important role in recent research on harakeke (native New Zealand flax) at the University of Otago. Dr Bronwyn Lowe and other researchers...
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