Tracking Pollen with Quantum Dots (VIDEO)

Stellenbosch University

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Dr. Corneile Minnaar, a pollination biologist from Stellenbosch University in South Africa, is using quantum dots to track the fate of individual pollen grains, and then viewing them with a custom-made excitation box that can fit under a field microscope. This is breaking new ground in a field of research that has been hampered by the lack of a universal method to track pollen for over a century.

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Filming and editing: Stefan Els Additional footage: Corneile Minnaar, Ingrid Minnaar

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