POLLEN may annoy allergy sufferers in springtime but, viewed under the microscope, a pollen grain is a thing of beauty. The exhibition Pollen Under the Microscope celebrates the purchase of cutting-edge microscope technology to identify pollen grains and speed up our understanding of nature. Some of the smallest images come from the new microscope technology, the Pollen Classifynder system, developed by Massey University in New Zealand. CSIRO and the Atlas of Living Australia purchased the microscope and automated image detection system to rapidly identify pollen - the tiny DNA-carrying grains so vital to agriculture and biodiversity....[Read the full article]
söndag 9 oktober 2011
Pollen research not to be sniffed at
POLLEN may annoy allergy sufferers in springtime but, viewed under the microscope, a pollen grain is a thing of beauty. The exhibition Pollen Under the Microscope celebrates the purchase of cutting-edge microscope technology to identify pollen grains and speed up our understanding of nature. Some of the smallest images come from the new microscope technology, the Pollen Classifynder system, developed by Massey University in New Zealand. CSIRO and the Atlas of Living Australia purchased the microscope and automated image detection system to rapidly identify pollen - the tiny DNA-carrying grains so vital to agriculture and biodiversity....[Read the full article]
