Research Collection (#98)

SV40 virus capsid, molecular model C018 / 7904
SV40 virus capsid, molecular model. Simian virus 40 (SV40) is found in monkeys such as Rhesus monkeys and macaques. Potentially tumour-causing, it is used in laboratory research and in vaccines

SV40 virus capsid, molecular model C018 / 7903
SV40 virus capsid, molecular model. Simian virus 40 (SV40) is found in monkeys such as Rhesus monkeys and macaques. Potentially tumour-causing, it is used in laboratory research and in vaccines

Faraday on metals and magnetism, 1847
Faraday on metals and magnetism. Page from the notebooks of British physicist Michael Faraday (1791-1867), showing notes and a table of magnetic properties of a range of metals

Ebola virus transcription factor fragment. Molecular model of the C-terminal domain (CTD) of Ebola virus transcription factor VP30

Faraday on magnetism, 1854
Faraday on magnetism. Page from the notebooks of British physicist Michael Faraday (1791-1867), showing notes and a diagram of an experiment with a rotating globe being spun in a magnetic field

Nitzan Shipwreck
MV Nitzan was a trawler that was sunk for the purpose of becoming an artificial reef and a diving site. She was sunk on the 8th of April 2012 off the coast of Achziv, Israel

Biological sample preparation machine C016 / 9695
MODEL RELEASED. Biological sample preparation machine. This machine is used to purify nucleic acids and proteins from biological samples before further analysis

PCR amplification C016 / 9692
MODEL RELEASED. PCR amplification. Researcher examining a sample array from a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machine. This machine is used to make many copies of (amplify)

DNA sequencing C016 / 9690
MODEL RELEASED. DNA sequencing. Researcher examining a flow cell from a benchtop high-throughput sequencing system (in background)

Glaciology at Mont Blanc weather station C016 / 9625
Glaciology at Mont Blanc weather station. Glaciologist obtaining an ice core at the weather station on the col of the Dome du Gouter, a peak that is a shoulder of Mont Blanc

Laser microscope experiment C016 / 6434
Laser microscope experiment. Researcher working in a laboratory on an experiment with lasers (green light) and a microscope. The microscope being used here is a type known as an inverted microscope

Low-boom supersonic aircraft, artwork C016 / 9709
Low-boom supersonic aircraft. Artwork illustrating an aircraft design concept developed by NASA. This is referred to as the Low-Boom Supersonic Test Case

ITER Fusion Research Reactor C016 / 9201
Artists concept view of the interior of the ITER reaction vessel. Nuclear fusion involves creating a plasma of superheated gas to temperatures of more than 200 million degrees C

Black bear cub in incubator C016 / 9526
Black bear cub in incubator. Newborn Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus) in an incubator at a conservation centre. Photographed in Guangzhou, China

Aragats radio telescope dish at night C016 / 7630
Radio astronomy. View of the dish of the Herouni Mirror Radio Telescope at night. This is a 54-metre diameter dish lined with 4000 mirror-like panels

Glacier erratics landscape and research C016 / 9622
Glacier erratics landscape and research. Researcher (upper left) carrying out research on glacial erratics, blocks of rock deposited in the landscape by ancient glaciers

Millimetre radio waveguide C016 / 6441
Millimetre radio waveguide. This metallic waveguide is used to guide and transmit radio waves with a wavelength in the millimetre band range (EHF, extermely high frequency)

Spider silk research C016 / 9552
Spider silk research. Golden silk orb-weaver spider in a laboratory being used for research on spider silk proteins. A thin strand of silk is visible emerging from the spiders spinnerets (centre)

Glaciology at Mont Blanc weather station C016 / 9624
Glaciology at Mont Blanc weather station. Glaciologist checking instrument readings at the weather station on the col of the Dome du Gouter, a peak that is a shoulder of Mont Blanc

SETI Institute entrance C016 / 7175
SETI Institute entrance. The aim of the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute, Mountain View, California, USA, is to explore, understand, and explain the origin

Gene expression analysis C016 / 9697
MODEL RELEASED. Gene expression analysis. Researcher removing a microarray from a fluidics station. This machine is used to wash and stain a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

Laser microscope experiment C016 / 6430
Laser microscope experiment. Researcher working in a laboratory on an experiment with lasers (green light) and a microscope. The microscope being used here is a type known as an inverted microscope

Light microscopy C016 / 9700
Light microscopy. Light microscope being used to magnify a blood sample

Ovulation, artwork C016 / 7537
Ovulation, computer artwork

Gene expression analysis C016 / 9698
MODEL RELEASED. Gene expression analysis. Researcher removing a microarray from a fluidics station. This machine is used to wash and stain a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

Pythagorean harmonics, 1492 artwork C016 / 8941
Pythagorean harmonics. 15th-century artwork of an account of experiments on musical harmonics and the octave, said to have been carried out by 5th-century BC Ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras

Millimetre radio waveguides C016 / 6444
Millimetre radio waveguides. These metallic waveguides and comparison objects are used to guide and transmit radio waves with a wavelength in the millimetre band range (EHF)

Light microscopy C016 / 9703
Light microscopy. Light microscope being used to magnify a blood sample

Evolution of supernova 1993J, 1993-2000 C016 / 9605
Evolution of supernova 1993J. Radio telescope observations of the expanding shell formed by supernova SN 1993J between May 1993 (top left) and February 2000 (bottom right)

Biological sample preparation machine C016 / 9696
MODEL RELEASED. Biological sample preparation machine. This machine is used to purify nucleic acids and proteins from biological samples before further analysis

Aleksey Bakh, Soviet biochemist C016 / 7629
Aleksey Nikolayevich Bakh (1857-1946), Soviet biochemist. Bakh was the founder of Soviet biochemistry, and became a member of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1929

DNA sequencing C016 / 9691
MODEL RELEASED. DNA sequencing. Researcher examining a flow cell from a benchtop high-throughput sequencing system (in background)

Glaciology research, Argentiere Glacier C016 / 9623
Glaciology research. Researcher using a laptop computer to access and study photography of glacier movements. This is the Argentiere Glacier in the French Alps

Discovery of supernova 1993J C016 / 9604
Discovery of supernova 1993J. X-ray telescope images of the central region of the galaxy M81 in October 1992 (left) and April 1993 (right), showing the appearance of the supernova SN 1993J (arrowed)

Plant genetics research C016 / 9539
Plant genetics research. Morning glory (Ipomoea cairica) plant seedlings in an incubator at a genetics research laboratory

PCR amplification C016 / 9693
MODEL RELEASED. PCR amplification. Researcher examining a sample array from a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machine. This machine is used to make many copies of (amplify)

Light microscopy C016 / 9702
Light microscopy. Light microscope being used to magnify a blood sample

Duchennes physiognomy studies, 1860s
Duchennes physiognomy studies. Man with a facial expression induced by electrical probes applied by French neurologist Guillaume Duchenne (1806-1875)

Genetic fingerprints, conceptual artwork C016 / 7521
Genetic fingerprints, conceptual computer artwork

Gene expression analysis C016 / 9699
MODEL RELEASED. Gene expression analysis. Researcher removing a microarray from a fluidics station. This machine is used to wash and stain a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

PCR amplification C016 / 9694
MODEL RELEASED. PCR amplification. Researcher examining a sample array from a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machine. This machine is used to make many copies of (amplify)

Glaciology at Mont Blanc weather station C016 / 9626
Glaciology at Mont Blanc weather station. Glaciologist checking instrument readings at the weather station on the col of the Dome du Gouter, a peak that is a shoulder of Mont Blanc

N3-X hybrid wing aircraft, artwork C016 / 9710
N3-X hybrid wing aircraft. Artwork illustrating an aircraft design concept developed by NASA. This design is of a type called a hybrid (or blended) wing body

Millimetre radio waveguide C016 / 6438
Millimetre radio waveguide. This metallic waveguide is used to guide and transmit radio waves with a wavelength in the millimetre band range (EHF, extermely high frequency)

Millimetre radio waveguides C016 / 6442
Millimetre radio waveguides. These metallic waveguides and comparison objects are used to guide and transmit radio waves with a wavelength in the millimetre band range (EHF)

Light microscopy C016 / 9701
Light microscopy. Light microscope being used to magnify a blood sample

Science hierarchy, artwork
Science hierarchy. Artwork representing science as a hierarchy, with a single scientist at top overseeing experimental scientists in a laboratory

Chebarkul meteorite, light micrograph C015 / 2863
Chebarkul meteorite fragment seen through a microscope in polarised light. This research is being carried out at the Vernadsky Institute, Moscow, Russia

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