Science Source Feb 2010

Synapse. Two axons terminating on a dendrite. The dendrite is the large cell in the middle surrounded by the axons. Synaptic vesicles carry neuron tra...

Moon rock. An SEM of a lunar sample, magnification 5000x.

Light micrograph of an assortment of diatoms. Magnification100x.

Thin section of Epidote, 160x.

Thin section of Muscovite, 160x.

Light micrograph. Lymph nodes, cross section of human cortex, medula, and nodules. Imaged with hematoxylin and eosin stain.

Light micrograph of Coccidioides immitis, spherule containing endospores in the human lung. Cause of coccidiomycosis, "Valley Fever". Magnification 40...

Paramecium bursaria. Living. Symbiotic zoochlorellae. Differential interference contrast micrograph.

Bismuth crystal. Bismuth is a heavy, brittle, crystalline metal. This rectangular crystal structure only forms when bismuth is slowly cooled in the la...

Retinoic Acid; Transmitted Light Microscope; 4x magnification.

Transmitted light micrograph of rust. Magnification 4x.

Transmitted light micrograph of rust. Magnification 4x.

Transmitted light micrograph (TLM) of trinitrotoluene, also known as trinitrotoluol or TNT. Trinitrotoluene is a yellow crystalline compound that is a...

Melting ice. Transmitted Light Micrograph. Magnification 4x.

TEM of Neisseria gonorrhea bacteria in gleet.

Hydra and ingested copepod.

Transmitted Light Micrograph of a chondrite, a meteorite that has not been modified by melting or differentiation of the parent body.

Transmitted light micrograph (TLM) of the pesticide, malathion.

Lexan, the brand name for a polycarbonate polymer produced by reacting Bisphenol A with carbonyl chloride. Transmitted Light Micrograph.

Lexan, the brand name for a polycarbonate polymer produced by reacting Bisphenol A with carbonyl chloride. Transmitted Light Micrograph.

Transmitted Light Micrograph of a chondrite, a meteorite that has not been modified by melting or differentiation of the parent body.

Nickel oxide; thin film; reflected light micrograph.

Iron/Nickel Oxide superlattice; reflected light micrograph.

Gold-Palladium sputter coat; reflected light micrograph. Sputter coating in microscopy is a process of covering a specimen with a very thin layer of h...

Copper/Nickel superlattice; reflected light micrograph, 20x magnification.

Magnesium Chloride; transmitted light micrograph.

Transmitted light micrograph (TLM) of salt (NaCl).

The surface of a Bon Jovi record by reflected light micrograph.

Liquid crystal display; transmitted light micrograph, 20x magnification.

Vanillin crystals; 10:1.

Citric Acid; 10:1.

False color scanning electron micrograph of salt crystals (NaCl). 100x @ 35mm. Colorization of 4K8084.

Color enhanced scanning electron micrograph showing an Euglena sp., a fresh water protozoan. It belongs to the class of Flagellata whose members are c...

Vanillin crystals; 12.5:1.

Cuspidene crystal in phosphorus slag. This image demonstrates spiral crystal growth, 32x.

Citric Acid; 12.5:1.

Silicon wafer; etched.

Titanium alloy, large grain; 12.5 : 1.

Razor blade edge. 20x epi-DIC.

Gray cast iron; un-etched.

Titanium alloy, large grain.

Endotrophic mycorrhiza in orchid root. 1.5mm section.

Sweet N' Low Crystals; 100x polarized light.

A living species of Diatonaceae, fragillaria. Magnification x150. Image taken using nomarski interference contrast.

Paramecium caudatum.

Paramecium.

Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) shows a nick in a razor blade; magnified 735x.

Scanning electron micrograph of cotton fibers in denim; magnified 29x.

Scanning electron micrograph of cotton fibers in denim; magnified 430x.

SEM of paper. 109x