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Let there be light – anytime, anywhere.
Step 1: “Drill holes in the microscope base to add a slider switch and potentiometer for light intensity adjustment.” Interested? This Clive’s Corner is for you.
Living in a polarized world
In day-to-day life we are rarely aware of polarized light. But to the microscopist, polarized light can reveal a hidden world even on the most basic of instruments.
Tiny Drifters in San Francisco Bay
One jar of concentrated San Francisco Bay seawater = a world of micro to explore with SFMS.
Party for the pollinators
SFMS takes a trip east to join the Ruth Bancroft Garden in their celebration of pollinators.
Amazement at the Victorian Microscope Art Meetup
Microscopes during the Victorian era were a source of entertainment in addition to being used as scientific instruments.
Setting the stage (get your gelato!)
In this installment of Clive’s Corner, Clive describes how gelato can improve your microscopy. It’s another hack that beginners can explore on inexpensive microscopes, and this one is especially delicious.
Igniting new explorers of the microcosmos at the Bay Area Science Festival
For the San Francisco Microscopical Society, the Bay Area Science Festival is our largest event of the year and we were eager to continue our participation after having experienced so many amazing times there from our years past.
Truth and truffles
What it was like to explore a truffle farm with a microscope. Maria Pinto visited Society Treasurer, Jasmine Richardon’s farm in Virginia to find out.