In an interview with the BBC, Manu Prakash discusses his discovery of how the Lacrymaria olor moves. The single-celled protist has origami-like capabilities that allow it to extend its neck more than 30 times its body length. bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

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🙏 #BrijlalBiyaniCollege #Amravati for this opportunity 100 #Students all full of jest n enthusiasm. Each one a true learner, sharing with others what they learnt #Awareness #Superhero #AMR #superbug PrakashLab #SDG3 Foldscope Foldscope Community India Biopatrika MyGovIndia #STEM

They were more impressed when they learned that they could view their samples better by attaching their Foldscopes to their phone cameras. The microcosmos is indeed a wonderful place. 2/3

"Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals requires a seismic shift – which can only happen if we empower young people and work with them as equals." -UN Secretary-General António Guterres #InternationalYouthDay2024 #YouthDay2024 #EquityAndAccess #ScienceEducation

"This is the real value of a Foldscope. The ability to light a spark in someone who didn’t even know that there was a flame waiting to be lit. This is the way to engage and excite the next generation of scientists." Read our travel blog to learn more: foldscope.com/blogs/blog/202…

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When u inspire Physicist they hold #Foldscope demo for #schoolchildren on video call we exchange notes how to make slide, mount it IISER Thiruvananthapuram PrakashLab the more v engage we realise v r learners ourselves Inviting more schools 2visit the Science activity centre kudos Vinayak Kamble

Different types of weaving and different meterials. This is not a cotton thread.

“Science is about understanding. It’s centered around being able to explain this world. And so when you see something beautiful, there is something lurking behind it. It’s beautiful because of the mystery.” - Manu Prakash PrakashLab Stanford Medicine Magazine stanmed.stanford.edu/beauty-cells-s…

On our recent expedition in the Pacific Ocean - I spent a lot of time contemplating philosophical underpinnings of our science. Some of those thoughts were captured by a wonderful writer, Jennie - in this conversation “The worth of ‘worthless’ ideas”. stanmed.stanford.edu/beauty-cells-s…

Foldscope That’s a rotifer - the tell tale sign is the tail.. sometimes it’s single and sometimes it’s forked. The pinwheel is most likely a Cyanobacteria. Will try to ID species on the post directly.

New episode of the Night Science Podcast! Manu Prakash is a Stanford professor and FoldScope inventor. Manu talks about how he “embeds” himself in the world he's studying & how we often overlook how the discovery changes us as scientists. open.spotify.com/episode/3pUczl… Manu Prakash

Top 10 Manu Prakash teachings from his amazing episode of the Night Science Podcast. 1. Science is a sense of wonder; a personal sense of experience. 2. Science gives us increasing agency; you realize it’s like a car you drive with no roads. 🧵⬇️ Manu Prakash Martin Lercher