Under the Microscope
Created: | 2012-01-23 16:42 |
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Institution: | Office of External Affairs and Communications |
Editors' group: | Editors group for "Office of Communications". |
Description: | Cambridge University's Under the Microscope is a collection of videos that capture glimpses of the natural and man-made world in stunning close-up and convey the excitement of cutting-edge science in areas that range from beetle eyes to killer T-cells, from nano-wires to fish skeletons.
Logo image by Fernan Federici in the Haseloff Lab. |
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This collection contains 16 media items.
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Mouse embryo developing over time
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15,435 views
In this video, we see a mouse embryo developing. Erica Watson tells us that studying this process helps us better understand human pregnancy.
Erica Watson:
“The development...
Collection: Under the Microscope
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Thu 2 Feb 2012
How tiny eyes inspire technology
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18,603 views
In the first of this microscopic video series, Dr Chris Forman shows us the eye of a beetle and the eye of a fruit fly and explains how they have inspired technology.
Dr...
Collection: Under the Microscope
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Mon 23 Jan 2012
Fruit fly foot and beetle antenna
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16,670 views
In this video Dr Chris Forman shows us his incredible images of a fruit fly foot and beetle antenna.
Dr Forman:
"Nature has found remarkable ways of using small amounts of...
Collection: Under the Microscope
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Mon 23 Jan 2012
Creating 3D displays with liquid crystals
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14,861 views
Dr Tim Wilkinson is combining liquid crystals with nanotechnology to try and create 3D displays which would look like real life.
Dr Wilkinson: “Liquid crystal displays are now...
Collection: Under the Microscope
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Thu 2 Feb 2012
Daisy trick
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14,869 views
In this video Dr Beverley Glover explains how a daisy is a collection of tiny flowers grouped together to make it look like a single big flower.
Dr Glover:
“The flowering...
Collection: Under the Microscope
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Thu 2 Feb 2012
Killer T cells attacking cancer
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27,921 views
In this video we see a killer T cell of the immune system attacking a cancer cell.
Professor Gillian Griffiths:
“Cells of the immune system protect the body against pathogens....
Collection: Under the Microscope
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Mon 6 Feb 2012
Stretchable electronics
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14,305 views
In this video Dr Ingrid Graz shows us a thin layer of gold on top of rubber. Cracks in the gold allow it to stretch and we can use this for stretchable electronics.
Dr...
Collection: Under the Microscope
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Wed 8 Feb 2012
Beetle embryo forming inside an egg
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12,838 views
Matt Benton shows us nuclei moving inside a beetle egg as a beetle embryo forms.
Matt Benton:
“For my PhD I am studying the embryonic development of the beetle, Tribolium...
Collection: Under the Microscope
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Fri 10 Feb 2012
Skate head
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12,020 views
Dr Andrew Gillis shows us an embryonic skate head and explains how the red denticles dotted all over it have very similar properties to human teeth.
Dr Gillis:
"This is a...
Collection: Under the Microscope
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Mon 27 Feb 2012
Brain cells from skin cells
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15,663 views
This is a beautiful image of human brain cells, which can now be grown from adult skin cells.
Yichen Shi:
"Brain neural stem cells derived from human skin cells: these stem...
Collection: Under the Microscope
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Wed 14 Mar 2012
Fly brain and gut
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14,760 views
PhD student Paola Cognigni shows us this beautiful image of a fruit fly’s brain and gut.
Paola Cognigni:
“This video shows the anatomical and functional connection between the...
Collection: Under the Microscope
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Fri 2 Mar 2012
Liquid jets
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13,067 views
In this video Dr Sungjune Jung shows us the fluid structures produced by the impact of two liquid jets.
Dr Jung:
“This video shows the evolution of the flow structures...
Collection: Under the Microscope
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Fri 16 Mar 2012
Mouse tail skin
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12,242 views
Here we can see the underside of mouse tail skin.
Claire Cox:
"The epidermis, which is the outer layer of mammalian skin, is maintained by numerous stem cell populations. The...
Collection: Under the Microscope
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Mon 27 Feb 2012
Elephant fish embryo
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14,094 views
Dr Andrew Gillis explains how an elephant fish embryo lives off a large yellow yolk sack for 7 to 10 months before hatching out as a fish.
Dr Gillis:
“This is a picture of an...
Collection: Under the Microscope
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Fri 23 Mar 2012
Nanowires
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19,437 views
Nanowires growing in real time. Each nanowire is roughly 400 atoms wide.
Collection: Under the Microscope
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Thu 12 Apr 2012
Tiny worm pellets
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Matthew Kuo tells us how tiny worm faecal pellets affect how oil pipelines sit on the seabed.
Collection: Under the Microscope
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Thu 12 Apr 2012