Archive for the ‘Photo’s’

24 February, 2011

Microscopic cocktails

Microscopic cocktails

If you have often wondered what exactly lies within the various beverages that make our favorite alcoholic drinks, then here is your ‘micro’-answer. These cocktails are blown up to 1,000 times under a high-tech laboratory microscope, magnifying the molecules and kaleidoscopic colors created by the different combinations.

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9 January, 2011

Purr, purr, drink, drink

As all cat lovers know well, Felis domestica is a marvel of balance, subtlety and other hidden elegances. One such elegance, but also daunting phenomenon, is the ability of the Felis to drink (unlike a dog) while keeping its chin and whiskers pleasingly dry. Four scientists of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have learned the […]

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20 December, 2010

Snowflakes under the microscope

Snowflakes under the microscope

No snowflake the is the same. This fact is being cited often, especially while it’s winter again and Europe is under the spell of this white monster. Interestingly, looking closely enough, the snowflake is fascinating. Photo’s: akirathedon.com

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14 June, 2010

World Champion Free Diver Free Falls into Blue Hole

World famous French free-diver Guillaume Nery who currently holds the world record for constant weight free diving (without fins) to a depth of 113 meters (370 feet), showcases his artistic side in a stunning video which went instantly popular. The world champion freediver took time off during a freediving competition at Dean’s Blue Hole in […]

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7 December, 2008

Amazing close-up

Amazing close-up

A female Anopheles mosquito acts as a deadly hypodermic, injecting the malaria parasite when she feeds on human blood. Nearly half a billion people get malaria each year. More than a million die. After decades of neglect, the world is renewing its fight against the disease. Color-synthesizing scanning electron microscope image by David Scharf. Copyrighted […]

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