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Stunning Images From Microscopy

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Credit: Thomas Deerinck, NCMIR, UCSD.

Without microscopes early researchers would not have discovered that cells make up our tissues and organs, or observed bacteria in water that made us ill. In the modern world microscopy plays a vital role in scientific research and a host of techniques are available to scientists that enable them to capture the best images.

Download this image gallery to see how some of these techniques have been used to capture stunning images of the world beyond the naked eye.