Hitachi Electron Microscope

It’s National Recycling Day !
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(November 15)

Recycled paper with and without charging

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Happy National Pickle Day ! 🥒🍅🥕
(November 14)

Pickled plum

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Happy Origami Day !
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(November 11)

SEM of Origami (pieces of folding papers, red and gold)

When colored folding paper is magnified under an electron microscope, the fibers are visible, just like with regular paper, but the overall shape looks like a single mass. Colored folding paper is made by applying paint to white paper. The paint soaks the fibers, making it difficult to distinguish individual fibers, as seen in the image.
Some sheets of folding paper are gold or silver. Are these made with paint like the other colored folding paper?
If we look at gold folding paper under an electron microscope, we are unable to see any fibers at all. Gold folding paper is made by pasting aluminum foil over white paper and then pasting yellow cellophane over the foil to give it the color. Unlike with other colored folding paper, we are unable to see the fibers because there are several layers on top of the regular paper.

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Happy World Science Day for Peace and Development !
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(November 10)

“From the Front Lines of Infection Prevention: Using Electron Microscopy in a Public Health Research Center”

Japan has Prefectural and Municipal Public Health Institutes (PHIs) in all of the country’s 47 prefectures and in designated cities. The institutes act as public organizations that support public health policy in their jurisdictions, serving as bases of scientific and technical expertise. Their four core competencies are survey-based research, experimental research, training/guidance, and the collection and analysis of public health information. In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases and PHIs nationwide met the country’s PCR testing needs.
The institutes stand ready to be first responders to future emerging and re-emerging infections. Given the important role of the PHIs in risk management, lawmakers amended the national Community Health Act in December 2022 to formalize their establishment in law. In 2017, the institutes of Osaka Prefecture and the city of Osaka were consolidated with the goal of enhancing their ability to implement public health policy, becoming Japan’s only Incorporated Administrative Agency responsible for public health. The integration was finalized in January 2023 with the completion of the centralized facility, and an HT7800 transmission electron microscope (TEM) was installed.

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