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SK-N-SH human neuroblastoma cancer cells
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Litomosoides sigmodontis (filaria worms) inside lymphatic vessels of the mouse ear (150X) (via Nikon Small World - 2011 - Dr. Witold Kilarski)
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close-up of a leaf with dew
(via Smashing Magazine)
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Azurite crystals from Arizona seem to pulse with color. The mineral azurite—a copper ore—consists of blue basic carbonate. Azurite’s brilliant color adds to its popularity in creating semiprecious stones.
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So this is an amazing thing we talked about in bio the other day. It’s a method called Brainbow. It’s really hard to track neurons when they can get so long and tangly, as you can see in this light microscopy of a mouse hippocampus, so scientists can mark each neuron with a different color of fluorescence via transgenes that produce fluorescent proteins. What a brilliant solution!
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the ALMA telescope’s new view of the antennae galaxies, combined with data from the Hubble Space Telescope
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“And we’ll all drink Champagne til it’s a damn shame” – Jay-Z.
ALCOHOL UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
The images are made by first crystallizing the drink of choice on a lab slide. Using a standard light microscope with a camera attached, the light source is polarized and passed through the crystal. This creates the magnificent colors we see in our favorite drinks.
Each image is created by using a pipette of each particular drink and squeezing a drop onto a slide. Then the droplets are allowed to dry out and the slide is placed under the microscope and a picture is taken. It can take up to four weeks for the alcohol to dry out completely in an airtight container, and the whole process can take up to three months. via
If I quit this PhD thing, I’ll get a bar…call it SciBar and put these on the wall. Call it a day.
Artist, H/T fencehopping Decided I like em all.
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Photographic bleach crystal (50x)
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Algae biofilm
this only begins to explain why i want to study science and art together.
if nature presented itself at the molecular level to the naked eye on a daily basis, perhaps we’d all live in a state of awe at the natural beauty we never realized existed.
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diatom
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