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Mosquito foot

September 1, 2017
This coloured scanning electron micrograph highlights the intricacies of a mosquito's foot.

Frog tadpoles

August 25, 2017
A collection of bush frog (Raorchestes) tadpoles.

Blue banded bee

August 21, 2017
The following image of a blue banded bee (Amegilla cingulata) preparing to sip nectar from the nearby flowers.

When we were asked for zombie eyes…

July 4, 2017
Zombies can be recreated easily enough for the big screen with special effects and cosmetics. So what role, if any, does the humble autoclave play in this? Ashley Rogers from...

Programmed cell death

July 1, 2017
This stunning image is a composite of six Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) topography of SW480 colon cancer cells.

Putting the biology into politics

June 9, 2017
As the world gets used to the new political landscape – how much of the recent upset came down to biology?

Do antibodies have to be hit and miss?

June 8, 2017
From geneticist to frontline warrior in the antibody validation crisis – Dr Giancarlo Barone tells us how he is winning over the huge worldwide industry of antibody producers as he...

Inside the head of a manipulator

May 9, 2017
Parasitism is well known, but what happens when the parasite becomes the parasitised? Dr Kelly Weinersmith explains her work with Dr Scott Egan on the oddity of hypermanipulation

Human brain

May 2, 2017
This spectacular image of the human brain has been made with a combination of hand drawing, neuroscientific data, algorithmic simulation of neural circuitry, photolithography, strategic lighting design, and gilding.

The problem with PCR…

April 13, 2017
Nothing less than a total reimagining of how we perform PCR was the starting point for inventor Gert de Vos. Here he talks inventions, investors and keeping quiet about your...

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