Small World

Small World

Explore science at the microscopic- and nanoscale, one-billionth of a meter or about one ten-thousandth the diameter of a human hair. Current branches of microscopy range from electron, transmission and scanning to ultrafast, low-energy, photoemission and more.

If you have a microscopy image that you want us to include, please e-mail: info@LifeScienceHistory.com. 

  • Acute leukemia bone marrow
  • Adenovirus
  • African Swine Fever Virus
  • Algae 100
  • Algae 5000x
  • Freshwater Algae
  • Freshwater Algae
  • Freshwater Algae
  • Freshwater Algae
  • Freshwater Algae
  • Freshwater Algae
  • Freshwater Algae
  • Freshwater Algae
  • Freshwater Algae
  • Allergens, Pollen
  • Alzheimer’s Presenile Onset
  • Alzheimer’s Amyloid Plaque
  • Apple Tree Pollen on Cells
  • Arthritis Rheumatoid Nodule
  • Babiesa
  • Bacillus Anthracis Bacteria, Courtesy U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Bacillus Thuringiensis
  • Bacteria
  • Bacteria Culture
  • Plastic Eating Bacteria (Bacillus cereus and Pseudomonas putida) Courtesy: Claudia S. López, PhD, Oregon Health & Science University
  • Thermus Aquaticus, Courtesy: Diane Montpetit, Food Research and Development Centre, ON
  • Blood Cells
  • Blood Smear Beta Thalassemia
  • Bluetongue Virus
  • Bovine Viral Diarrheairus
  • Histopathology Brain Biopsy Leukoencephalopathy
  • Brain tissue infected with BSE, Courtesy: Dr. Al Jenny, USDA
  • Brucella Aabortus, Courtesy: Larry Stauffer, Oregon State Public Health Laboratory and the U.S. CDC
  • Cow Brain Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Courtesy: Dr. Peter Hooper / Australian Animal Health Laboratory
  • Burkitt Lymphoma (Non-Hodgkin B-Cell Lymphoma)
  • Burkitt Lymphoma (Non-Hodgkin B-Cell Lymphoma)
  • Butterfly Wing
  • Cambial Cell
  • Cancer Cell
  • Cancer Cell Culture
  • Canines Parvovirus
  • CD4 T-cell
  • Enterococcus
  • Cell Structure Hydrilla
  • Cell Structure of Leaf Surface
  • Cellulose
  • Cholera Bacteria (Vibrio Cholerae)
  • Cholera Bacteria (Vibrio Cholerae)
  • Cholera Bacterium (Vibrio Cholerae)
  • Cladosporium SP Conidia
  • CLL Wright’s Stained Peripheral Blood Smear
  • Clostridium Difficile
  • Coccidioidomycosis Cpherule
  • Colon Cancer
  • Colorectal Carcinoma Cancerecrosis
  • Confocal Phalloidin Actin Filaments in Cancerell
  • Confocal Tetrachimena Hanna Fabczak
  • Corn Grain Tissue
  • Coronavirus, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles (UK B.1.1.7)
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles (UK B.1.1.7)
  • SARS CoV-2 Virus Particles (UK B.1.1.7)
  • Zygnema Algae
  • Yersinia Pestis Bacterium (Plague) Fluorescent
  • Yersinia Pestis Bacterium (Plague)
  • Yersinia Pestis Bacterium (Plague)
  • Yeast Mold Agar
  • Yeast
  • Yeast Colonies
  • Wood Decay by White Rot, Courtesy: Robert A. Blanchette and Joel A. Jurgens, University of Minnesota
  • White Blood Cell
  • West Nile Virus
  • SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein N501Y Mutation, Courtesy: University of British Columbia
  • Valley Fever, Coccidioides
  • Chickenpox Varicella, Courtesy: Dr. Erskine Palmer, Courtesy U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Vibrio Vulnificus Bacteria, Courtesy: Courtesy U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Vibrio Vulnificus Bacteria, Courtesy U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Trypanosoma Parasite (Tsetse Fly) Courtesy: Dr. Myron G. Schultz, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Gram-positive Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Bacteria Courtesy U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Bacteria, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • Tumor Cells with Fluorescent Molecules, Credit: Shutterstock
  • Typhoid Bacteria (Salmonella_typhi) Courtesy: Alain Grillet, Sanofi Pasteur
  • Toxoplasmosis
  • Toxoplasma Gondii, Courtesy U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Toxoplasma Gondii Oocysts in Fecal Flotation, Courtesy U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Tooth Aename Crystallites
  • Tiger Beetle
  • Tardigradum in Embryonic State
  • Tendon removed in excision for fibromatosis
  • Thermus Aquaticus, Courtesy: Diane Montpetit, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • Thyroid Gland, Canine
  • Tick Head (10x)
  • T Cell, Human, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • T Cell, COVID-19, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • Striated Muscle
  • Streptomyces Bacterium
  • Stem Cell
  • Stem Cells, Human Embryonic
  • Stem Cells, Human Embryonic
  • Streptococcus Mutans, Courtesy U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Streptococcus Pneumoniae
  • Staph Epidermidis Bacteria Extracellular Matrix
  • Staph Aureus Bacteria (gold), Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • Smallpox, Courtesy U.S. Centers for Disease Control
  • Skin Hair Follicle
  • Skin Hair Follicle
  • Section of Cinnamon Bark
  • Shigella, Courtesy U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Sickle Cell Anemia
  • Sickle Cells, Courtesy Dr. Graham Beards, National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Skin Cells with Fluorescent Labels
  • Ascaris (roundworms), Courtesy U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Ascaris (roundworms), Courtesy U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • SARS COVID-19 Particles (red), Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • Sarcoma Epithelioid
  • Sarcoma Epithelioid
  • Salmonella Typhimurium, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • Salmonella Typhimurium, Courtesy U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Salmonella Typhimurium, Courtesy U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Sarcoma Epithelioid
  • Sarcoma Epithelioid
  • Salmonella Bacteria, Courtesy U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Rubella Virus (German Measles), Courtesy U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • RSV Respiratory Syncytial Virus
  • Rotavirus VIrus, Courtesy U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Root Horse Bean (Vicia Faba) Root Section
  • Reston Ebola in Pig Lung, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • Rhizopus (Bread Mold)
  • Rhodococcus Bacterium
  • Rhodococcus, Courtesy Jerry Sims
  • Rckettsia Rickettsii (Blue Stain), Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Courtesy U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • RSV Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Courtesy: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • Red Blood Cells
  • Red Blood Cell and Malaria
  • Rabies Virus
  • Chlamydia Psittaci, Parrot Fever
  • Poliovirus, Courtesy U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Poliovirus
  • Pompe Vacuoles
  • Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Courtesy U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention