• Question: what do you look at through a microscope

    Asked by baz01 to Rachael on 17 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by cindybhatti.
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      Rachael Ward answered on 17 Jun 2011:

      Hi @baz01

      I look at anything that is too small to see with the naked eye.

      The worms I study are only 1mm long and very thin – smaller than a grain of rice, so I can barely see them without a microscope. The neurons inside them are even smaller so I need a more powerful microscope to look at them at a higher magnification.

      But really, you can look at anything that youre interested in!

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