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Looking at education through the microscope

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Advanced research microscopes in universities can be used to enhance the education of STEM students, as demonstrated by initiatives at Johns Hopkins University that give students the opportunity to get hands-on experience with sophisticated microscopes.

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Fig. 1: Teaching with microscopes.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Suhas Eswarappa Prameela, Patricia M. McGuiggan & Timothy P. Weihs

  2. Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Suhas Eswarappa Prameela & Timothy P. Weihs

  3. Center for Educational Resources, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Amy Brusini

  4. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Trevor W. Glenn

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Eswarappa Prameela, S., McGuiggan, P.M., Brusini, A. et al. Looking at education through the microscope. Nat Rev Mater 5, 865–867 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-020-00246-z

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