Researching Collection (#5)

Alexis Carrel, French surgeon C016 / 4508
Alexis Carrel (1873-1944), French surgeon. Carrel studied in France, emigrating to Canada in 1903. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois, USA

Underwater sound recording, artwork
Underwater sound recording. Computer artwork of an underwater sound recording device being used to record whalesong

Ionisation chamber system C016 / 3789
Ionisation chamber system (white, left) and viewing the resulting data on a screen (right). Ionisation chambers enable accurate measurement of the amount of radiation absorbed by an object or organic

Ionisation chamber system C016 / 3792
Ionisation chamber system. Robotic arm of an automatic sample changer loading a radioactive sample into a secondary standard ionisation chamber

Luigi Galvani statue, Bologna, Italy
Luigi Galvani statue. Italian anatomist Luigi Galvani (1737-1798) noticed that dead frogs twitched when included in a circuit with metals (books and a dissected frog shown here)

Storm chasing, Florida, USA
Storm chasing. Doppler on Wheels (DOW) portable weather radar truck scanning the sky as Hurricane Frances approaches Fort Pierce, Florida, USA. Photographed on 4th September 2004

Storm chasing, Colorado, USA
Storm chasing. VORTEX 2 disdrometer recording data as a supercell thunderstorm tracks within close range. A disdrometer is an instrument used to measure the drop size

Storm chasing, Texas, USA
Storm chasing. Tornado researcher monitoring a severe thunderstorm from inside a Doppler on Wheels (DOW) portable weather radar truck

Storm chasing, USA
Storm chasing. Close-up of the undercarriage of a Doppler on Wheels (DOW) portable weather radar truck, during a severe storm

Storm chasing, South Dakota, USA
Storm chasing. Doppler on Wheels (DOW) portable weather radar truck scanning a severe thunderstorm. This truck is one of more than 100 research vehicles that participated in VORTEX 2

Storm chasing, Nebraska, USA
Storm chasing. Doppler on Wheels (DOW) portable weather radar truck scanning a severe thunderstorm. This truck is one of more than 100 research vehicles that participated in VORTEX 2

Electrointegrator lab C013 / 9133
Electrointegrator lab. Researcher conducting studies on a large all-purpose electrointegrator An electrointegrator is a semiautomatic simulating device for solving nonstationary thermal conductivity

Vaccine research, 1893
Vaccine research, 19th-century artwork. Artwork from the 11th volume (first period of 1893) of the French popular science weekly La Science Illustree

Vaccine research, 1890
Vaccine research, 19th-century artwork. Artwork from the 11th volume (first period of 1893) of the French popular science weekly La Science Illustree

Davy experimenting at Vesuvius, 1819
Davy experimenting at Vesuvius. 19th-century artwork of British chemist Humphrey Davy (1778-1829) in 1819 carrying out experiments on the slopes of the volcano Mount Vesuvius, near Naples, Italy

Mars exploration, artwork C013 / 8975
Mars exploration. Computer artwork of a Mars rover and astronauts carrying out scientific research and exploration of the Martian surface

Obesity clinic C013 / 8719
MODEL RELEASED. Obesity clinic. Patient having motion capture sensors placed on her. The patients shape and movements will be recorded and analysed to help with treatment and tracking of progress

Obesity clinic C013 / 8718
MODEL RELEASED. Obesity clinic. Patient having motion capture sensors placed on her. The patients shape and movements will be recorded and analysed to help with treatment and tracking of progress

Prehistoric tools reconstruction. Theories on the techniques and methods used by prehistoric peoples are developed and tested by palaeo-experimenters

Flint knife, prehistoric reconstruction. Theories on the techniques and methods used by prehistoric peoples are developed and tested by palaeo-experimenters

Flint carving, prehistoric reconstruction. Theories on the techniques and methods used by prehistoric peoples are developed and tested by palaeo-experimenters

Making fire, prehistoric reconstruction. Theories on the techniques and methods used by prehistoric peoples are developed and tested by palaeo-experimenters

Prehistoric settlement reconstruction. Theories on the techniques and methods used by prehistoric peoples are developed and tested by palaeo-experimenters

Microbiology laboratory C013 / 7251
Microbiology laboratory. Microbiologist studying a sample under a microscope

Microbiology laboratory C013 / 7250
Microbiology laboratory. Microbiologist studying a sample under a microscope

Microbiology laboratory C013 / 7249
Microbiology laboratory. Microbiologist working on the production of vaccines

Microbiology laboratory C013 / 7248
Microbiology laboratory. Microbiologist working on the production of vaccines

Microbiology laboratory C013 / 7247
Microbiology laboratory. Microbiologist holding a Petri dish used to grow bacteria during vaccine research

Microbiology laboratory C013 / 7246
Microbiology laboratory. Microbiologist working on the production of vaccines

Microbiology laboratory C013 / 7245
Microbiology laboratory. Collection of glass bottles containing cultured bacterial samples in a microbiology lab

Microbiology laboratory. Collection of glass bottles containing cultured bacterial samples in a microbiology lab

Microbiology laboratory C013 / 7243
Microbiology laboratory. Microbiologist working on the production of vaccines

Microbiology laboratory C013 / 7241
Microbiology laboratory. Microbiologist holding an electrophoresis gel. Gel electrophoresis uses an electric field applied across a gel matrix

Microbiology laboratory C013 / 7242
Microbiology laboratory. Microbiologist holding an electrophoresis gel. Gel electrophoresis uses an electric field applied across a gel matrix

Microbiology laboratory C013 / 7240
Microbiology laboratory. Microbiologist studying a sample under a microscope

Microbiology laboratory C013 / 7239
Microbiology laboratory. Microbiologist working on the production of vaccines

Microbiology laboratory C013 / 7238
Microbiology laboratory. Microbiologist working on the production of vaccines

Microbiology laboratory C013 / 7237
Microbiology laboratory. Microbiologist working on the production of vaccines

Microbiology laboratory C013 / 7236
Microbiology laboratory. Microbiologist working with a fermenter that is being used to grow bacterial cultures for analysis and production of vaccines

Microbiology laboratory C013 / 7235
Microbiology laboratory. Microbiologist working with a fermenter that is being used to grow bacterial cultures for analysis and production of vaccines

Pharmaceutical laboratory C013 / 7234
Pharmaceutical laboratory. Scientist working in a pharmacy lab

Pharmaceutical laboratory C013 / 7233
Pharmaceutical laboratory. Scientist working in a pharmacy lab

Heinrich Beck, German engineer C014 / 0129
Heinrich Beck (1878-1937), German engineer. Beck studied at the Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin). His inventions included powerful searchlight technology

Plant researcher, Malaysia C013 / 4599
Plant researcher, YSG Biotech in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. She is holding glass tubes containing micropropagated plantlets of teak (Tectona grandis) grown in sterile tissue culture

Plant researcher, Malaysia C013 / 4600
Plant researcher, YSG Biotech in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. She is holding glass tubes containing micropropagated plantlets of teak (Tectona grandis) grown in sterile tissue culture

Plant researcher, Malaysia C013 / 4598
Plant researcher, YSG Biotech in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. She is holding test tubes containing micropropagated plantlets of teak (Tectona grandis) in sterile tissue culture

Lord Rayleigh discovering argon, 1894
Lord Rayleigh working with argon, as depicted in a caricature published in the British weekly magazine Vanity Fair in 1899

Rainforest researcher, Borneo C013 / 4793
Rainforest researcher, Borneo. Researcher measuring phosphorous and nitrogen levels in water samples using a portable colorimeter

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