{"id":2330,"date":"2025-03-19T16:22:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T15:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.micros.at\/?p=2330"},"modified":"2025-03-19T16:22:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T15:22:21","slug":"microtome-blades-and-their-hair-raising-sharpness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micros.at\/en\/microtome-blades-and-their-hair-raising-sharpness\/","title":{"rendered":"Microtome blades and their hair-raising sharpness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you think razor blades are the ultimate in sharpness, you&#8217;ve never seen a microtome blade in action. These precision tools are so finely honed that they can cut cell layers thinner than a human hair. Their cutting edge is often so perfect that it can be sharper than a scalpel &#8211; yet they are completely unsuitable for everyday use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Why is that? Quite simply, their geometry is specifically designed to cut wafer-thin samples for microscopy, not to cut through whiskers, spines or paper. Anyone who tries to misuse a microtome blade risks not only dull blades, but also uncontrolled, dangerous cuts.<br>And that&#8217;s where it gets exciting &#8211; because when you cut yourself on a microtome blade, you often don&#8217;t realise it until it&#8217;s too late. The cut is so fine that there&#8217;s hardly any resistance, and the nerve endings don&#8217;t even register that the skin has been severed. One false move, a little carelessness, and suddenly blood is dripping onto the lab bench.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So whether in the laboratory or in sample preparation, microtome blades deserve respect. They are true masterpieces of precision &#8211; so watch your fingers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you think razor blades are the ultimate in sharpness, you&#8217;ve never seen a microtome blade in action. These precision tools are so finely honed that they can cut cell layers thinner than a human hair. Their cutting edge is often so perfect that it can be sharper than a scalpel &#8211; yet they are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2326,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micros.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micros.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micros.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micros.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micros.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.micros.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2331,"href":"https:\/\/www.micros.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330\/revisions\/2331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micros.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micros.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micros.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micros.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}