Image of Clementine orange peel; courtesy of student Kristen O'Neill.

Courtesy of Alyssa Calabro

Taken by Quanta 3D microscope

A: Egg hoverflies (Diptera Syrphidae) (150x) B: The same egg after hatching (145x) C: Details of the surface(500x) D: Details of the surface(1,800x)

Courtesy of Riccardo Antonelli

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Rice leaf with a layer of Wax

Courtesy of Nicole Ottawa, Eye of Science

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Sample of gasoline residue

Courtesy of Vanessa Colombini

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Image of fabric layer of a wound dressing, which comprises of different polymers. Image was taken for characterisation purposes.

Courtesy of Ms. Angela Harrison , smith and nephew

Taken by Inspect microscope

Pyramidal shape (ice cream like) of a GaP nano-column tipped by a spherical ball containing Ga + In metallic liquid. The metallic ball is coverd by a carbon nano-membrane. The structure was grown by the Metallorganic Chemical Vapor Phase Technique. Courtesy of INT-NE and Professor Marco Sacilotti/UFPE

Courtesy of Mr. FRANCISCO RANGEL , MCTI/INT

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Aerators should be regularly kept cleaned or replaced. The mesh in the aerator can collect lead debris, and then leach this toxic metal into the water passing through it. Aerators cap the ends of most drinking-water faucets. In some cases, they’re used to conserve water by reducing a faucet’s maximum flow rate; in others their primary function is to concentrate the flow of water so that it delivers more pressure and cleaning power. But these little metal cages also collect debris. Including lead. And unless you’re regularly cleaning out those aerators, you might be developing a toxic mini gravel field through which your drinking water must pass before reaching your glass or coffee pot. Indeed, one lead poisoning case in North Carolina involved a child (see link below): www.dcwater.com/waterquality/faqs.cfm

Courtesy of Mr. FRANCISCO RANGEL , MCTI/INT

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Taken by Explorer 4 Additive microscope

Moss, which is host for methane eating bacteria

Courtesy of Michal Rawski

Taken by Quanta 3D microscope

Side view of the apical third of the root canal of a maxillary lateral incisor with necrotic pulp and chronic periapical lesion adhered to the tooth structure.

Courtesy of Ms. Thaís Silva , Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

False-coloured image of T4 bacteriophage incubated with a de novo-designed self assembling peptide fibre (SAF). Small peptides, 28 amino acids long, self assemble to form fibres ~80 nm wide and ~40 microns long. The T4 tail striation distance was being used as a high-resolution calibrant to register the lateral striations of the fibre.

Courtesy of Thom Sharp

Taken by Tecnai microscope

Section through a Polystyrole insulating foam. Showing the fine Walls of the Material and polymere structure.

Courtesy of Oliver Meckes

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

This is an image of the surface of a cactus spine.

Courtesy of Dr. Xin Zhang , Simon Fraser University

Taken by Helios NanoLab microscope

These are Arsenic and Sulfur crystals found in deep sea.

Courtesy of Mr. Nicolas GAYET , IFREMER

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Aphids excrete glucose-enriched liquids that seem to be a good breeding ground for different kinds of bacteria, as seen here.

Courtesy of Oliver Meckes

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Skin fragment and oil droplets from a fingerprint.

Courtesy of Craig Queenan

Taken by Quanta 3D microscope

ZnO nanoparticles obtained by hydrothermal synthesis using microwave heating.

Courtesy of FRANCISCO RANGEL

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Fungus

Courtesy of Fernanda Santos

Taken by Inspect microscope

Graphite onion-like structures on an amorphous holey-carbon film.

Courtesy of Yaron Kauffmann

Taken by Krios microscope

Slope cut on semiconducter

Courtesy of Reingruber Herbert

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Investigation of the morphology and composition of an oxide layer formed on the surface of a steel X70 . Research conducted by the technologist Thais Mansur (Division of Corrosion / INT / MCTI ).

Courtesy of Mr. FRANCISCO RANGEL , MCTI/INT

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

A: Ladybug eggs (45x), (top view) B: The same eggs after hatching (45x), (top view) C: Ladybug eggs (90x), (side view) D: The same eggs after hatching (90x), (side view)

Courtesy of Riccardo Antonelli

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Influenza A virus sample taken via FEI Tecnai TF20, liquid ethane plunge frozen.

Courtesy of Mr. Long Gui , University of Washington

Taken by Tecnai microscope

Calcium Carbonate Crystals

Courtesy of Gokhan ERDOGAN

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

A gold thin film on an ultra fine grained copper specimen, which was strained approximately 20%.

Courtesy of Joern Leuthold

Taken by Nova NanoSEM microscope