Just out in Micscape Magazine: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artdec11/ms-Rheinberg.html
Salt Crystals with Rheinberg Illumination
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Mike Shaw
http://boingboing.net/2011/12/14/bear-wednesday-2-adorable-swe.html
Yep – someone knitted a tardigrade themed sweater.
Tardigrade Themed Sweater
See the link above. Read my post at the bottom of that blog, and add your own comments!
Want more tardigrade stuff – see the plush toy here.
Good article on the start of something new. How do tardigrades live for so long? Cryptobiosis. Now seems to be made practical, as a way to preserve DNA. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/dec/04/nothing-frozen-in-biomatricas-storage-process/?page=1#article This will be useful for forensics!
A quick link to the scientific paper: http://www.jstor.org/pss/3226950 You probably know that tardigrades are found just about everywhere. We even sent them up into space! But did you know they’ve been found in Antarctica? Read …Read More
Wow – get a plush toy Tardigrade.
http://astore.amazon.com/lovetolearn-20/detail/B0037Z3246
They are cute and cuddly!
Tardigrade Plush Toy
Here’s the link to the original article: http://dvice.com/archives/2011/11/russia-sending.php
Photo of the spacecraft that will carry tardigrade to Mars:
Russian Phobos-Grunt Mission Module will hold tardigrade
Here is the youtube video of tardigrades in space. Very cool.
It really gives you a good overview of tardigrades!
And here’s a great article on the Shuttle mission with tardigrades on board from The Planetary Society: http://planetary.org/life/
Have a great day!
Now published here: http://www.microbehunter.com/2011/10/20/microbehunter-magazine-october-2011/ Microbe Hunter Magazine did a great job on the layout and presentation! Thanks for looking! Mike
NEW ! Just published How to Find Tardigrades in the UK E-magazine called MICSCAPE. Here is the link: www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artoct11/ms-tardigrades.html Please visit, and leave feedback here! Thanks!
So, I’m browsing through the site of this fascinating club located in UK.
And I decide to look at the July 2011 blog, and check out the events of the month. I’m scrolling halfway down the page, and there, in the middle of an equipment filled workbench is a set of my Rheinberg filters, in their distinctive rainbow case!
http://www.quekett.org.uk/files/presidents_blog/presidents_blog.htm
Check it out!
Here’s what you are looking for:
Apparently my filters are next to a bottle of gin, for cleaning purposes, most likely.
Quekett Microscopical Society Website
More about my filters at: www.rheinberg-filters.com
Have a great day!
Mike
