Wired publica 35 anos de fotografias captadas por microscópio
15.10.09 | José Coelho
Wired, uma célebre revista mensal norte-americana, lançou online um concurso e publicou recentemente um artigo ilustrando as melhores fotografias captadas por microscópio (técnica apelidada de fotomicrografia), ao longo destes últimos 35 anos.
Nestas imagens podemos observar com incrível detalhe, por exemplo, o orgão sexual masculino, o embrião de um rato, plantas, cristais, etc.
male sex organ of a flowering plant
Fluorescent actin protein filaments
Pleurosigma (marine diatoms
Double transgenic mouse embryo
Mouse colon
Muscoid fly (house fly)
Quantum dot nanocrystals deposited on a silicon substrate
Filamentous actin and microtubules
Sagittal section of rat cerebellum
Fresh water rotifer feeding among debris
Avicennia marina (mangrove) leaf
Newt lung cell in mitosis (5 different structures)
Endothelial cells
Mouse fibroblasts
Doxorubin in methanol and dimethylbenzenesulfonic acid
Larva of Pleuronectidae
Cross-section of very young beech
Fossil Fusulinids in limestone
10-year old preparation of barbital, fenacetine, valium and acetic acid
Polyurethane elastic fiber bundle
Crystals evaporated from solution of magnesium sulfate and tartaric acid
Multiple exposure of a knitting machine needle
Gold residue and gold-coated bubbles in glassy matrix
Crystals of influenza virus neuraminidase isolated from terns
Live water mount of Hydra viridissima capturing Daphnia pulex
