This colorized scanning electron micrograph shows the structure of osteocyte cells in the cortex of a mouse tibia bone. Osteocytes are the cells that form new bone. Imbedding the bone in resin, which ...

Scanning electron micrograph of the the fruiting body of bread mould. As the mould grows, it propagates itself by forming spores that are released into the environment and grow into new mould colonies...

Didinium captures Paramecium. At midingestion and showing metachronous waves of cilia within the two characteristic ciliary girdles of Didinium nasutum. This micrograph was taken in 1968 by G. Antipa ...

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria on the surface of a wound dressing.

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of partially dried red blood cells clotted on the cotton fibres of a gauze wound dressing. Image was collected at low vacuum to avoid charging of cotton fibres

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a biofilm on carbon steel after immersion in sea water for 14 days. A biofilm is an aggregate of microorganisms that adhere to each other on a surface and ar...

A confocal micrograph showing Bacillus subtilis, a Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that is commonly found in soil. Distinct lineages of bacteria expressing different fluorescent proteins were init...

Prosthogonimus macrorchis, a flatworm poultry parasite, imaged with Rheinberg illumination. Honorable Mention, 2010 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®. Prosthogonimus macrorchis has a com...

Time-lapse movie of a human tumor fragment grown in Matrigel that was freed and reembedded in collagen I. Images collected every 15 minutes and bar is 50 microns. CIL 42162 - CIL 42165 are related m...

Time-lapse movie of a human tumor fragment grown in colllagen I that was freed and reembedded in collagen I. Images collected every 15 minutes and bar is 50 microns. CIL 42162 - CIL 42165 are relate...