Solar imaging
A solar eclipse is one of the most impressive natural sights you will see – especially if you are lucky […]
Endless forms most beautiful
If you don’t have time to make it to a museum today, take a stroll around the website of Dr. […]
The smallest movie in the world
In 2013, researchers at IBM made the worlds smallest movie – A Boy and His Atom. The team were researching […]
Back to the beginning – camera obscura
What do Leonardo da Vinci and Edinburgh have in common? The answer is the camera obscura. The camera obscura (also […]
Thermography
Imaging extends into many realms and we are not restricted to using visible light to create images. Electron Microscopy uses […]
Willard Wigan microscopic art
The worlds of science and art don’t often collide. The works by Willard Wigan, however, certainly help bridge the gap, […]
Embracing the chaos – Imaging turbulence with Schlieren photography
Several years ago I read a great book on chaos by James Gleick ‘Chaos: The amazing science of the unpredictable’. […]
Ireland’s Great Telescope
Today I’m taking a small divergence from microscopy to that of astronomy. The telescope is a close cousin of the […]
Take a good look at yourself! – Imaging DNA
An understanding of genetics has been with us from very early on. We didn’t exactly know the machinery behind it, […]
The Virtual Microscope
This is a great site for anyone who in interested in geology or meterology. I came across this site in […]