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Isaac Newton, as President of the Royal Society, did much to obscure Robert Hooke–who died 1703–reputedly destroying the only known portrait of the man. A natural philosopher, architect & polymath, Hooke was "…an indefatigable Genius even almost to the last".

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2020-03-03

Lo-res but one of the best charoite photomicrographs by . I love the unusual and soft hues.
Enjoy!

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2020-01-22

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

Hey geologists! You've been silent lately. Too tired after ?
Let me cheer you up with one of my favorite photomicrographs, that has lovely colors but also lovely microstructures in it.

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2019-10-15

Here is another SEM micrograph. This time the gypsum has partly overgrown a pre-existing radiating cluster of aragonite needles. Vote in

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2019-09-22

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

GUESS WHAT!
Did I ever share this micrograph?
Any idea of what it could be, other than a lovely photo?

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2019-07-16

no.128, the iconic flea from Robert Hooke's Micrographia, which you can peruse here: https://t.co/uPHRwAOgQA. An excuse to link to a favourite poem: https://t.co/s861wHO54o. And did you know the Royal Society hosted the first flea circus? https://t.co/ABaeM1QAI5

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2019-05-09

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

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2019-04-20

Today's divides the books of Genesis and Exodus in a 14th century Pentateuch from Germany. Add MS 19776, f.28v. Fully digitised here: https://t.co/lmwUk7SX33

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2019-04-01

Scanning Electron Micrograph of a Leaf.
Packed in these cells (along with water & chlorophyll) are Vitamins A, B, B6, C, E, K, Calcium, Folate, Iron, Magnesium, Potassium & Dietary Fiber.

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2019-03-27

Attention: it's Enjoy this photomicrograph by Vladimir Gross, the 2013 winner of the Prize! Musculature of the marine heterotardigrade Batillipes mirus. Filamentous actin was labeled with phalloidin & visualized by confocal laser scanning microscopy.

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2019-01-16

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

The three-dimensional structure of the Entomoneis captured in Chris Carter's light micrographs in my latest post: https://t.co/H7Yy6Edjjd

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2018-11-18

Photomicrograph for your
Ocean Jasper (Madagascar). Flowers are spherulites of chalcedony (fine-grained fibrous quartz).
...because without is just eh...

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2018-10-26

HAVE A GREAT
Polarized light photomicrograph of sugar crystals formed from evaporarion of a drop of by on a glass slide.

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2018-09-29