The black plague is caused by the pathogen, Yersinia pestis. It only takes one Yersinia bacterium to cause an infection, which is deadly if not treated promptly. Immune cells (macrophages - purple/teal) were infected with Yersinia pestis (bright green), fixed, critically point dried, sputter coated with platinum, and imaged.

Courtesy of Dr. Tommi White , University of Missouri Electron Microscopy Core

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

inside white rice

Courtesy of Mr. Wadah Mahmoud , The University of Jordan

Taken by Inspect microscope

Salt particles scattered over a SiN substrate

Courtesy of Mr. Marien Bremmer , Leiden Institute of Physics

Taken by Tecnai microscope

silicon nitride filament encapsulated in platinum deposited by FIB

Courtesy of FARES Lahouari

Taken by TEM microscope

Ice Cream imaged on a Magellan XHR Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)

Courtesy of FEI Image

Taken by Magellan XHR SEM microscope

Taken by Explorer 4 Additive microscope

False-colored SEM image of the surface of a kidney stone. Urolithiasis is a common condition, with a prevalence of about 10%. Various types of urinary calculi have been described upon their mineral content and/or their morphology. The depicted stone is made of calcium phosphate crystals. François Jouret, Romy Gadisseur, Marjorie Vermeersch, David Pérez-Morga. Université de Liège-CHU ; Université Libre de Bruxelles-CMMI.

Courtesy of Prof. David Pérez-Morga , Université Libre de Bruxelles

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

cross-section of a porous gelatin fiber produced by dry spinning

Courtesy of Mr. Philipp Stössel , ETH Zurich

Taken by Nova NanoSEM microscope

Artifact of FIB milling

Courtesy of Alex Lahav

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polyamide with pigment, after extrusion and grinding for the using in construction

Courtesy of Mieke Delarbre

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Direct automated patterning of a 1mm microfluidic device into silicon. Product: Helios NanoLab DualBeam

Taken by Helios NanoLab microscope

Mouse trachea and its red blood cells

Courtesy of Matthew Sharp

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Bacteria (one of them is a bacterium) are very small organisms. They are prokaryotic microorganisms. Bacterial cells do not have a nucleus, and most have no organelles with membranes round them. However, they do have DNA, and their biochemistry is basically the same as other living things.

Courtesy of Mr. sathish - , Christian medical collage.vellore (CMC)

Taken by Tecnai microscope

A fungus is a member of a large group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds

Courtesy of Mohd Nasir Nurshaiba

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Typical appearance of sulphides and bornite/djurleite particle exhibiting typical Widmannstatten texture.

Courtesy of Musarrat Safi

Taken by MLA microscope

Zeolites.

Courtesy of FRANCISCO RANGEL

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Hairy illite clay

Courtesy of Dr. jim buckman , Heriot-Watt University

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

The sample is zircon (ZrSiO4) doped with iron Fe at 0.05 wt%. This compound was prepared by control hydrolitic sol-gel route. The sample was heated at 1200oC during 3 h in air. This compound has application as a ceramic pigment.

Courtesy of Guillermo Herrera

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Courtesy of William Mitchell

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

Low vacuum mode image (false-colored) of a bacterial biofilm growing on a micro-fibrous material.

Courtesy of Paul Gunning, Smith and Nephew

Taken by Nova NanoSEM microscope

Porous alumina membrane on copper.

Courtesy of Joern Leuthold

Taken by Nova NanoSEM microscope

Thin fibres of the clay mineral Sepiolite fix small quartz grains

Courtesy of Frank Friedrich

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

SEM top view of a Platinum oxide film deposited by atomic layer deposition. PtO2 transforms locally to metallic Platinum. The Pt-area extends each cycle of the ALD process concentrically.

Courtesy of Adrie Mackus

Taken by DualBeam microscope

YMnO3 thin film grown by MOCVD (Metalorganic vapour phase epitaxy) on silicon substrate at 850°C. Image taken by Ionela Iliescu and Patrick Chaudouet.

Courtesy of IONELA ILIESCU

Taken by Quanta SEM microscope

A micropillar is provided with lateral contacts in order to generate an in-plane electrical field inside the cavity. The contacts are formed by focused ion beam induced deposition of platinum between a gold layer and the micropillar. The image was colorized (Pt: blue, Au: yellow, micropillar: red).

Courtesy of Johannes Beetz

Taken by Helios NanoLab microscope