Science Source Feb 2010

Scanning electron micrograph of cotton fiber in denim; magnified 380x.

Scanning electron micrograph of denim fabric; magnified 7x.

Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the edge of a razor blade; magnified 60x.

Spirogyra; scalariform conjugation.

Sulfur crystals.

Elodea leaf. Magnification: x160.

Phagocytosis of soot particles in lymph node. Mag., X160 @35mm

Light micrograph (phase contrast) of blood infected with parasitic protozoans, members of the Trypanosoma brucei group that cause African sleeping sic...

Magnesium Sulfate crystals; 32x magnification.

Human pathology vaginal thrush, an infection of the fungus candida albicans. Image taken using Nomarski Interference Contrast x200.

Salt crystals (NaCl) viewed through Nomarski optics. The Nomarski modification to differential interference contrast microscopy allows for active focu...

Domite.

Zeolite; 60x magnification.

Sodium Monoglutamate.

Cross-section of a suture, the thread used by surgeons to close wounds and incisions.

Coccidioidomycosis, a fungal disease. Here sporangia has formed which will release spores capable of speading up the infection. This fungus disease fr...

Growth cartilage, 10x magnification.

Neuroblastoma is a more common cancer in children, often forming in the adrenal glands.

Human red blood cells and white lymphocyte; SEM.

Stentor and Spirostomum with Paramecium for scale. Light blue spheres are macronuclei. Darkfield.

Stentor, rotifer and coleps in algae.

Stentor and rotifer in green algae. Darkfield.

Paramecium. Four specimens on dark field.

Campanella, a ciliate protist, on algae.

Resorcinol crystals; 40x magnification.

Ground bone, cross section; 40x magnification.

Ground bone, cross section; 25x magnification.

Purkinje cells in primate cerebellum. The cerebellum has 3 layers; the "molecular layer" (outer), the "granule cell layer" (inner), and the intervenin...

Cerebrum histology. Astrocyte with feet attached to blood vessel. Silver. x150.

SEM of red blood cells. Magnification: x6750 at 5 x 7 inches.

Micrasterias, a unicellular algae at magnification x60. Flourescent staining.

Fluorescent light microscopic image of welwitschia leaf. Magnification: x30.

Fluorescent light microscopic image of cross-section of a Scotch pine needle. The endodermis and casparian strips are clearly visible. Magnification:...

Fluorescent light microscopic image of cross-section of a Scotch pine leaf. Magnification: x12.

Spirogyra, living. Nomarski Interference. Optical section for nucleus.

Fluorescent light microscopic image of corn leaf cross-section. Bulliform cells are in red. Phloem, the living tissue (known as photosynthate) is show...

Vascular bundles of a monocot. Showing the phloem, xylem, and xylem parenchy.

Electron micrograph of a portion of a dissociated nucleolar core isolated from an oocyte of Notophthalmos viridescens. During early growth of amphibia...

TEM of human ovum, zygote cell stage, about 60 hours after fertilization. x1000. Immediately following the separation of chromosomes, the cell cleaves...

Sickle Cells.

SEM of rods and cones in the retina. Rods are long nerve cells which respond to dim light, enabling images to be detected. Cones are shorter cells whi...

SEM of Pleurococcus algae, also called Protococcus algae, the main genus of green algae.

Stomatocyte-shaped surface of leaf by scanning electron microscopy.

SEM of ballpoint pen tip.

A scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a wool/polyester blend fabric.

Ewing sarcoma in a femur.

Light microscopy of Euglena viridis, a minute singled-celled freshwater organism characterized by chlorophyll, a reddish eyespot, and a flagellum. Mag...

Tartaric Acid crystals; polarzied light, 22x magnification.

Milk with fat globules. x125. 1/3000th sec. Dark ground illumination.

Nerve showing Node of Ranvier, known as the gap between the myelin sheath cells along the nerve. Phase contrast 210x.