Zooming right in: the vivid landscapes revealed in nanophotography – in pictures

Induced pluripotent stem cells undergoing directed differentiation into early ectoderm. The blue nuclei signify the presence of the Pax6 gene, while the intricate white filaments outline Nestin.

Sea anemone or metal organic framework? Hint: probably best this doesn’t go in the ocean.

Dendrites never looked so magical. What looks like an enchanted forest is in fact a zinc electrode after cycling in an aqueous battery.

Brain organoids are tiny, synthetic representations of real human brains. This section of a human brain organoid shows the star-shaped glial cells known as astrocytes, aged 140 days.

This frosty-looking piece of nanoscience is actually carbon paper substrate that is supporting gold deposition for advanced electrocatalyst development.

Most people would probably never guess what these are in a million years (it’s a 3D scan of some finger limes).

Here, a molecular dynamics simulator has been used to represent a QacA multidrug efflux pump transporting ethidium bromide across the cell membrane in methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus.

A diffusion MRI tractography was used to map a developing Burderkin plum – specifically the fibrous structures that supply various nutrients.

Not a palm leaf or the inside of a bottle, but a fluorescein isothiocyanate lipids vacuum-dried down to form a multilayer and imaged on a 10x fluorescence microscope.

An osteocyte is the most abundant cell in mature bone. Here’s one in a 3D biomimetic hydrogel system.

A showcase of digital PolyNIPAM and polyethyleneimine models, created from real polymer simulations via the PolyConstruct platform.

AIBN researchers aren’t typically bodybuilders, but nobody beats them when it comes to growing muscles. Pictured here is myotube grown in a dish using muscle stem cells.

Like distant exoplanet of an unknown world, this image unveils the incredible regenerative potential of dental pulp stem cells. The vibrant blue sphere specifically illuminates the cartilage-like matrix these cells have formed, confirming successful chondrogenesis.