In Week 3, we explored different types of toilet paper, a commodity under high demand during the COVID-19 pandemic. We also took a closer look at printer paper.
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I think the picture is paper under an electronic microscope.
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I think it’s tissue under the microscope
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I think that the object being viewed under the microscope is paper.
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I think what is under the microscope is paper or some type or fabric.
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Anyone have any song suggestions for Dr. Holly during the auto focus?
I think it may be silly string
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Is it saliva? It sounds gross and I’m probably wrong but it’s my best guess
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It’s really fascinating that during the electron microscope view of printer paper, the little holes that were part of original tree structure were still visible! I didn’t even know that they add titanium dioxide or chalk to widen it to fill in the cracks. It makes sense now why printer papers are not as textured as other kinds of paper.