Stories
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The shape of thought
Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s description of the moment in 1887 when he saw a brain cell for the first time never fails to move neuroscientist Richard Wingate to tears. Here he captures that enduring sense of wonder.
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Demanding a diagnosis for invisible pain
After dozens of hospital visits and handfuls of painkillers, a plethora of scans and tests bring diagnosis closer for Jaipreet Virdi.
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The anatomy of a brain dissection
Dissecting the brain after death not only helps confirm a diagnosis, but it can also teach us so much more about the symptoms and causes of brain diseases and how to treat them.
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The secrets your teeth hold
Discover how innocuous-looking human teeth hold a wealth of hidden information about our diet, health and evolution.
Catalogue
- Books
A history of photography with the light microscope / Brian Bracegirdle.
Bracegirdle, Brian.Date: 2010- Archives and manuscripts
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Center for Light Microscope Imaging and Biotechnology
Date: 1993Reference: SB/4/1/89Part of: Sydney Brenner Collection
- Archives and manuscripts
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Microscope image referenced as "Ram spermatozoa in polarized light"
Friedlaender, Marie Helene GertrudeDate: December 1949Reference: KDBP/1/1/0158Part of: King's College London Department of Biophysics
- Archives and manuscripts
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Microscope image referenced as "Dytiscus fibril. Phase and polarised light"
Hanson, Emmeline Jean, 1919-1973Date: July 1951Reference: KDBP/1/1/0445Part of: King's College London Department of Biophysics
- Digital Images
- Online
Microscope - binocular - diagramatic representation of the various methods of splitting the beam of light so that half goes to each eye.