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Microbiologist Takes Handprint of Her Son After Playing Outside and Incubates...
Photograph by Tasha Sturm, Cabrillo College Tasha Sturm, a microbiologist and teacher at Cabrillo College, recently took a handprint of her 8-year-old son after he had been playing outside. She then...
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Playing Vinyl Under an Electron Microscope
Ben Krasnow of Applied Science makes a stop motion animation of a phonograph needle in an LP groove using an electron microscope. He also shows electron micrographs of other recording media like...
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Award-Winning Video Captures Single Celled Organism Attacking Its Prey
Wim van Egmond’s microscopic video of a Trachelius ciliate feeding on a Campanella ciliate was recently named the winner of the fifth annual Nikon Small World in Motion Competition. “Wildlife is so...
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Amazing Photos of a Luna Moth’s Wing Under a Vintage Microscope
Reddit user Proteon found a luna moth’s wing earlier this week and captured some amazing close-ups using a 1951 American Optical Spencer microscope. As the magnification gradually increases you can...
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In 1885 Wilson Bentley Took the First Ever Photographs of Snowflakes (23 Photos)
For his 15th birthday, Wilson Alwyn Bentley (February 9, 1865 – December 23, 1931) was given a microscope by his mother. “Under the microscope, I found that snowflakes were miracles of beauty; and...
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Picture of a Single Atom Wins Top Prize in Science Photo Contest
Photograph by David Nadlinger – University of Oxford [12 February 2018] An image of a single positively-charged strontium atom, held near motionless by electric fields, has won the overall prize in...
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Every 10 Seconds This Film Zooms Out 10 Times Further
Powers of Ten (1977) takes you on an adventure in magnitudes. Starting at a picnic by the lakeside in Chicago, this famous film transports you to the outer edges of the universe. Every ten seconds...
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Extreme Close-Ups of Butterfly Wings by Chris Perani
In an ongoing series of incredible macro composites, photographer Chris Perani captures butterfly wings in exquisite detail that cannot be seen with the naked eye. To achieve these amazing close-ups,...
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Ballpoint Pen Super Zoom
Zoom into the quantum world in this fantastic CG animation by Pedro Machado.
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Beach Sand Under a Microscope
Macrofying recently shared this fascinating gallery on Instagram of beach sand under a microscope. In the post he adds: I recently took a bit of sand from the beach with me to view under my...
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