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A Biological Web – Networking Units of Life
Jaishankar K. Kutty and Ken Webb
Human fibroblasts are cells that provide the structure of many tissues. In this image, these cells can be seen spreading within a semi-interpenetrating network (semi-IPN) made of a polymer ...
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Cypria
Andrew Mount, Joshua Mount, and Neeraj Gohad
Pseudo colored electron micrograph of the cyprid larvae of barnacle (Amphibalanus amphitrite). The golden colored tissue bordering the antennule opening is a chloride transport epithelium. It’s ...
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Goddess of the Sea
Joshua Mount, Neeraj Gohad, and Andrew Mount
A pseudo-colored scanning electron micrograph shows the presence of chloride transport epithelium involved in salt balance on the cirri (feeding apparatus) of the adult barnacle (Amphibalanus ...
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Cranial Anatomy of Hawaiian Goby Fish
Takashi Maie
The design and shape of anatomical structures can have a major impact on the ability of animals to perform specific functions and, as a result, is often associated with aspects of species ...
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Size-Manipulated Sea Urchin Larvae
Amy Moran, Jon Allen
When blastomeres, or groups of cells, of dividing sea urchin embryos are separated at the 2- and 4-cell stage, they develop into 'normal' but miniaturized larvae. This provides a unique system ...
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Chance Favors the Prepared, Green Frog in Pitcher Plant
Kathy Kegley
A green tree frog (hyla cinera) rests inside a yellow trumpet pitcher plant (Sarracencia flava) in Francis Marion National Forest. The pitcher plant attracts insects which often become trapped ...
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Silver Tiger
Chad Sosolik, Russell Lake, Niru Maheswaranathan
Using a scanning tunneling microscope or STM we have created and imaged a highly-recognizable imprint in the surface of a pure silver (Ag) surface. The artist has used the STM to indent the ...
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Floating Mines
Yonnie Wu
Cancer cells (CACO-2) transform into floating, mine-like, tubular straw cells under the stress of dehydration. The straw cells are highly hydrophilic (water-loving) and mobile in extracellular ...
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Sand Dollar X-Ray
Rebecca Holmes, A. C. Flora High School – High School
Took an X-ray of a sand dollar and then viewed it in false color. (Her father is a surgeon.)
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