Inverted microscopy image of a snow-flake shaped foraminifera (Planorbulina sp.). On the left side of the organism we can see the web-like filaments used to capture its food, here some rod-shaped diatoms that are trapped inside the foraminiferal shell.
Author: Dewi Langlet
In the Carboniferous period, a wide tropical river delta drained massive coal swamps into a sea covering the center of North America. Sharks (Bandringa, front), then mostly freshwater, traveled downriver to lay their eggs on the coast, encountering species without confirmed living relatives (Tullimonstrum, center left).
Author: John Megahan
Unit: Macroevolution Unit
Visualization of a turbulent field with polymer additives. The color contour shows the vorticity magnitude.
Author: Marco E. Rosti
Wiseana iridescent virus (WIV) is a giant virus, which assembles into pellets and films of vivid colors.
Understanding the structure of this virus and ways to manipulate the virus assembly could help us to utilize them for various optical and fabrication technologies.
Author: Nadishka Jayawardena
A reconstruction of a human Purkinje neuron.
Authors: Marylka Yoe Uusisaari, Nora Vrieler, Yosef Yarom
