An added dimension to high school biology class
High school science classes are taking on an added dimension. EPFL startup Nanolive will run a competition to select three local high schools that will be given the use of the company's microscope, which is capable of observing living cells in real time and 3D. 3D action with a few clicks of the mouse: for high school students, observing cells in biology class may soon seem a little more like a game. A new type of microscope developed by EPFL spinoff Nanolive shows users the inner workings of cells, such as banana, blood, onions and amoeba. It was designed for researchers, as it offers better resolution than any other commercially available microscope, and it is so easy to use that it could make the sciences more appealing to young people. In a competition organized as part of the upcoming Plančte Santé fair, three local high schools will be given the use of one of the microscopes for several months. The company has already been loaning its microscopes to schools in recent months, including several public and private high schools in the Lake Geneva Region.
