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MAGNESIUM OXIDE CACTUS by ZEISS Microscopy Magnesium oxide single crystals growing on Mg. Courtesy of Anasori Babak, Materials Science and Engineering Dpt, Drexel University, Philadel
CNIDARIA, MULTIVIEW LIGHT SHEET MICROSCOPY | ZEISS Microscopy Immunostaining of planktonic Cnidaria. Acetylated tubulin (green), myosin (red), nuclei (blue). Image taken with ZEISS Lightsheet Z...
ZEBRAFISH EMBRYO | ZEISS Microscopy Just 22 hours after fertilization, this zebrafish embryo is already taking shape. By 36 hours, all of the major organs will have started to form. The zebrafi...
A MAMMALIAN EYE HAS APPROXIMATELY 70 DIFFERENT CELL TYPES | ZEISS Microscopy on Flickr. The incredible complexity of a mammalian eye (in this case from a mouse) is captured here. Each color rep...
SKIN CELL (KERATINOCYTE) | ZEISS MICROSCOPY This normal human skin cell was treated with a growth factor that triggered the formation of specialized protein structures that enable the cell to m...
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LARVAE FROM THE PARASITIC WORM THAT CAUSES SCHISTOSOMIASIS | ZEISS MICROSCOPY The parasitic worm that causes schistosomiasis hatches in water and grows up in a freshwater snail, as shown here....
AN AURORA CUPCAKE WITH A MILKY WAY TOPPING | APOD This sky looked delicious. Double auroral ovals were captured above the town lights of Östersund , Sweden, last week. Pictured above, the gree...
DIVIDING CELLS SHOWING CHROMOSOMES (PURPLE) AND CELL SKELETON (GREEN) | ZEISS MICROSCOPY This pig cell is in the process of dividing. The chromosomes (purple) have already replicated and the du...
LANIAKEA: OUR HOME SUPERCLUSTER OF GALAXIES | APOD It is not only one of the largest structures known – it is our home. The just-identified Laniakea Supercluster of galaxies contains thousand...
RELAPSING FEVER BACTERIUM (GRAY) ON RED BLOOD CELLS | ZEISS Microscopy The long, spiral-shaped bacterium (gray) in this image causes relapsing fever, a disease characterized by recurring high f...
A NIGHT AT POKER FLAT | APOD Four NASA suborbital sounding rockets leapt into the night on January 26, from the University of Alaska’s Poker Flat Research Range. This time lapse composite imag...
FAT CELLS (RED) AND BLOOD VESSELS (GREEN) | ZEISS Microscopy A mouse’s fat cells (red) are shown surrounded by a network of blood vessels (green). Fat cells store and release energy, protect...
WHEN MICE COLLIDE | APOD These two mighty galaxies are pulling each other apart. Known as the “Mice” because they have such long tails, each spiral galaxy has likely already passed through...
RAT BRAIN, HORIZONTAL SECTION | ZEISS Microscopy
M82 GALAXY, REMIXED FROM THE HUBBLE LEGACY ARCHIVE | write_adam