earthlingInduced pluripotent stem cells undergoing directed differentiation into early ectoderm. The blue nuclei signify the presence of the Pax6 gene, while the intricate white filaments outline Nestin.
Photograph: Desi Veleva/AIBN
What looks like an enchanted forest is in fact a zinc electrode after cycling in an aqueous battery.
Photograph: Yiqing Wang/AIBN
Brain organoids are tiny, synthetic representations of real human brains. This section of a human brain organoid shows the star-shaped glial cells known as astrocytes, aged 140 days.
Photograph: Bahaa Al-mhanawi/AIBN
Here, a molecular dynamics simulator has been used to represent a QacA multidrug efflux pump transporting ethidium bromide across the cell membrane in methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus.
Illustration: Patrick Sutton/AIBN
A diffusion MRI tractography was used to map a developing Burderkin plum – specifically the fibrous structures that supply various nutrients.
Photograph: Nyoman Kurniawan/AIBN
