Galaxies of life are collecting dust in museums – digitizing microscope slides can uncover billions of fossils for natural history

Pollen, algae, insects, radiolarians – each unique microfossil holds clues to how Earth has changed over millions of years.
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Museum digitises five millionth specimen to unlock secrets of collection

A naturally bright green stonefly has signalled full speed ahead for the Museum's digitisation project, as it releases its five millionth specimen online. As well as making the Museum's specimens ...
Smithsonian Magazine

How Scientists Still Use the Smithsonian’s First Collections, 175 Years Later

Historic museum specimens help us learn more about what a species once was like and what it could be like in the future. Erin Malsbury Scientists use a California condor specimen from 1835 — part of ...
Popular Science

Why preserving museum specimens is so vital for science

This article was originally published on Undark. In a dusty room in central Florida, countless millipedes, centipedes, and other creepy-crawlies sit in specimen jars, rotting. The invertebrates are ...
Business Wire

CLSI Publishes Updated Standard for Collection of Diagnostic Blood Specimens

WAYNE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Implementing best practices during the collection and handling of blood specimens and fulfilling quality management system requirements during preexamination procedures ...