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A selection of the winning images from 46th annual competition. The competition recognises excellence in the world of image-making https://t.co/O3BEo3nDGT

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2020-10-13

NIKON SMALL WORLD PHOTOMICROGRAPHY 2020

1st Daniel Castranova, Dr Brant Weinstein & Bakary Samasa: Juvenile zebrafish

2nd Daniel Knop: Embryonic development of a clownfish on days 1, 3, 5 and 9

3rd Dr Igor Siwanowicz: The tongue of a freshwater snail

https://t.co/0QOgHaDitX

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2020-10-13

chocolate looks as blissful as it tastes? 🤩🔬
Lee Hendrickson's of crystals include intricate structures from wine, chocolate, caffeine, citric acid, to acetaminophen that transform into vivid colors and mesmerizing patterns. https://t.co/iLREcztTKC

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2020-09-26

In 1665 Robert Hooke published his most famous work Micrographia (”Small Drawings”). In it he included his studies and illustrations of the crystal structure of snowflakes and first used the word cell to name the microscopic honeycomb cavities in cork.5/

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2020-09-11

Tortoise Beetle, SEM
Color enhanced scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the underside of a tortoise beetle (family Cassidini)
© Steve Gschmeissner/Science Source
Science Source ID# SS2310805


https://t.co/2IPDRc4ENX

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2020-05-25

Robert Hooke, FRS (1635-1703), co-inventor of the watch balance spring, architect, but remembered best for his Micrographia (1665) - you'll have seen his Flea.
Worked with Boyle, Newton et al.

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2020-03-08

Decorated initial-word panel from the opening of Shemot (Exodus) with micrography from masoretic notes for

Add 19776; the 'Coburg Pentateuch'; Germany, Central (Coburg); 1390-1396; f.28v

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2020-01-14

At the Photomicrography Contest, our new micro-CT category was full of popular submissions, including these 3D scans of leather star (Dermasterias imbricata) and slime star (Pteraster tesselatus) endoskeletons by and !

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2019-12-28

Polarizing light micrograph of Vitamin E crystals.

is a fat-soluble nutrient found in many foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals.

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2019-11-09

Micrographia, or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses, with observations and inquiries thereupon.
https://t.co/dKh5IqgykR

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2019-08-16

Wow! This is a micrograph of a butterfly's tongue magnified 720 times. Looks like

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2019-07-23

Pollen micrograph by Andrew Paul Leonard https://t.co/yjaebLoqPn

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2019-04-20

Microscopes meet Indigenous art in Stories & Structures – New Connections, a stunning new exhibition by : https://t.co/SnwSQOfbPM

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2018-12-19

This photomicrograph shows the fine brushwork Jacob van Walscapelle used to paint a ladybird. Each leg is only 2mm.

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2018-03-12

Robert Hooke, English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (author of 'Micrographia') died in 1703.

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2018-03-04

commissions for Xiidra and Micrographic on goatlings !! heartssss

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2018-02-22

This thread is a series of images in the of documenting the shift in 17th century Europe from divine causation to empiricism (via observation, experiment, reasoning, & formation/testing of hypotheses & theories).
[Micrographia, 1665 https://t.co/1202Hyolle ]

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2018-01-22

It's cold out there today! We've got Hooke on our minds at the labs, here's a few from his Micrographia (1665) and his 1662 article in Philosophical Transactions

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2017-12-09

Robert Hooke was born on 28 July 1635 N.S. His Micrographia includes the 1st use of "cell" as a biological term https://t.co/9YXRp9beYw

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2017-07-29

Robert Hooke, scientist, born 1635. Micrographia, 1665 https://t.co/IWOxYuXxKg

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2017-07-28