Blog Archives
Exploring the Urban Microcosmos, at Understory
04/28/2018 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm –
Microbes are in water, soil, and even our bodies. Join urban adventurers discovering visible signs of charismatic microscopic urban life at up to 400X! Microbiology, microscopy, and microbe identification!
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Jan Hinsch: 140 Years of the New York Microscopical Society
04/22/2018 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm –
Robert Tolles was a pioneer of early high aperture immersion lenses. NYMS was on hand to witness Tolles’ genius!
Microscopy Fun at the American Museum of Natural History
01/27/2018 @ 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm –
Meet NYMS, and the AMNH Dept of Education’s fun microscopy, at the Museum with NYMS Board of Managers member and AMNH staff Jay Holmes and colleagues, and active students!
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3-D Laser Holograms Under the Microscope
10/29/2017 @ 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm –
Creation, microscopical study and enjoyment, and transmission of three dimensional holograms.
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Dr Brooke Kammrath on Forensic Analysis of Nail Polishes
09/28/2017 @ 6:00 pm – 7:50 pm –
Nail polish is a popular type of cosmetic evidence that is analyzed by trace evidence examiners with a similar methodology as paint evidence. Although there have been many studies to understand the evidentiary significance of paint evidence, the same cannot be said for nail polishes.
“It’s My Estuary” Day on Coney Island!
06/03/2017 @ 8:00 am – 3:00 pm –
Kaiser Park along Coney Island Creek, NYMS MICROSCOPY
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2017 World Science Festival, NYC — NYMS members invited!
05/30/2017 – 06/04/2017 @ All Day – Save 25% on any WSF event General Admission tickets with PROMO CODE WSF25OFF17 — click here — and enter PROMO CODE in box at upper right on first paywall page ! You are invited to the 2017 World Science Festival, taking place May 30 – June 4 in New York City. The festival is a celebration of science […]
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POSTPONED~see below~Microscopy Experiences in Education at the American Museum of Natural History
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Ann Shaftel lecture, “Science and the Sacred” in NYC
05/03/2017 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm –
Ann Shaftel Conservator of Himalayan / Tibetan art: Cultural contexts, and research into 18c – 21c artists’ techniques.
NYMS Workshops at SCONYC 2017
04/08/2017 @ 7:45 am – 4:00 pm –
NYMS Workshops: Stereobinocular Microscopy, Local Geology, Pondlife protists on social media
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