Poppy seed (Papaver somniferum)

Rat neurones, SEM

Antique brain tissue, St Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington DC

Rabbit cerebellum

Thigh bones (femora) from Japanese quail, micro-CT

Grass seed covered in bacteria from infected dog's paw

Medieval human mandible (lower jaw bone)

Drupaceous fruit from Cotinus coggygria (smoke bush), SEM

Knot in hair

Medicinal leech Hirudo verbena

Human brain cancer stem cells, SEM

Stingray or skate (Batoidea) fossilised tooth

Brown jumping spider (unknown species)

Spider spinneret (Unknown sp.)

Pancreatic cancer cells grown in culture, SEM

Hair brain sculpture

Human skin section, histology

Raw onion

Hairs on a bumble bee head, SEM

Eucryphia glutinosa (Poepp. & Endlich.) Baill. Eucryphiaceae. Santo sour cherry. Woodland tree. Distribution: Ancient genus from Gondwanaland. Native of Chile, other species being found in eastern coastal Australia. It is now rare in its habitat, since it was much used as a timber tree. Australian aboriginals have used leatherwood (Eucryphia lucida) as an antiseptic and styptic. A recent investigation by the Australian Government Rural Industries and Development Corporation (B R D’Arcy, 2005) finds that leatherwood honey is rich in phenolic acids that possess some antibacterial and anti-oxidant activity. These natural products have been proposed as preservers of freshness in foodstuffs - a possible alternative to the synthetics currently used.

Hydatid cyst in a horse liver

Housefly, photomacrography

Woodlouse, SEM

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