Christian Habtamu·Oct 30This Animal Can Survive Being Boiled, Frozen, Irradiated, and Shot Into the Vacuum of SpaceTardigrades are barely visible to the naked eye, look like eight-legged gummy bears under a microscope, and can shut down their own…
The Spore Source·Sep 26Are Mushroom Spores Legal? What We Found Reading Every State's StatuteShort answer: yes, in 46 states and under federal law, for microscopy, taxonomy and educational use. The reason is simple once you see it…
Weizhialvin·Jun 16Eyepiece Micrometer Calibration and Measurement: A Technical Reference for the C2 Net-Reticle…The eyepiece micrometer — or graticule — is among the most underappreciated yet indispensable accessories in quantitative light microscopy…
Vladimir Iglovikov·May 12Albumentations in Life Sciences: Who Actually Uses ItAlbumentations is shared image-augmentation infrastructure for life-sciences AI. It shows up in radiology, histopathology, microscopy…A response icon1A response icon1
InScience SpectrumbyThe Conversation U.S.·May 9Galaxies of Life are Collecting Dust in Museums — Digitizing Microscope Slides Can Uncover Billions…Pollen, algae, insects, radiolarians — each unique microfossil holds clues to how Earth has changed over millions of years. Combining AI…A response icon6A response icon6
Suvo Ganguli·Apr 28The Limits of Image Reconstruction in Low-SNR SettingsHow ambiguity and noise lead to structured simplification
Francesco Piscani·Apr 3The Fourier Transform of Your Lab: Calibration as Signal ProcessingThere’s a productive analogy between lab calibration and signal processing that’s worth taking seriously. Not because the math is literally…
Girish Chandra·Mar 31Which scientific photos are hard to believe but are actually real?Okay, I’ll be serious for a moment. No jokes this time (well, maybe a couple!). The following images are definitely some of my favorite…
