iPabloSB
iPabloSB

I took some images using a microscope that uses a technique that breaks the light limit, called super-resolution. It allows to show structures smaller than the light we see coming from them. Here the cell’s skeleton (actin filaments, that help cells move and keep everything in place inside it).

A human cell showing the cell nucleus in blue, the mitochondria in red and the actin filaments in green, using super resolution microscopy.
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iPabloSB
iPabloSB

@iPabloSB a little more info, for those interested: the microscope uses what’s called structured illumination. It uses a mix of physics and computation to break the limit of light and show about 2 times more resolution than a regular microscope. And the machine is so big that it takes a whole room

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