This might be the youngest plant you will ever see: a brand-new thale-cress sprout, or germen, emerging from its seed casing – ready to take root and grow. This might be the youngest plant you will ...

It looks as if this juvenile crab got a dye job at the salon – but it’s actually an image taken under ultraviolet light. Tiny crabs at this stage of their life cycle are free-floating. As adults, they ...

While this might look like an impressionistic painting of a lush bouquet, it’s actually a microscopic image of mold growing in a culture dish. In fact, if you’ve ever wondered what the fuzz on those ...

The green wormlike structures covering the blue cell in this image are individual Ebola virus particles. This is the virus that causes Ebola virus disease (EVD), also known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever; ...

These golden strands look as if they could be the “amber waves of grain” extolled in the song “America the Beautiful.” But they’re actually spore-producing filaments, growing from a tangle of fibers ...

Wouldn’t it be great to have food constantly delivered to your doorstep? If you look closely at these coral polyps, you can also see zooxanthellae, single-celled algae, doing exactly that – providing ...

The ER is the protein synthesis and processing center of a cell and is also responsible for the synthesis of some lipids. There are two types of ER in a cell – rough ER and smooth ER – that together ...

This looks like a “little purple pill” but is actually a fruit fly embryo undergoing a wave of cell division, traveling from one end of the embryo to the other. Look closely and try to guess which ...

Beauty is all around us. It is everywhere our eyes can see – in the breathtaking majesty of snowcapped mountains, in the tranquil shores of tropical beaches, and in the faces of those we love. But ...

Multicellular organisms are a mosaic of different cells, tissues, and systems, each with their own specific function and interactions with other cells within the organism and/or the larger environment ...

Derek Sung is a physician-scientist, currently completing his residency in pathology; he lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received his MD and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. His ...

Read our goals for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusionexternal link, opens in a new tab in academic science and throughout our organization. And learn about the Center for the Advancement of ...