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[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 103 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There was missing something...

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago
[–] kuhli@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago
[–] hazl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 6 days ago

The pores on my face as seen by the naked eye.

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Everything reminds me of her

Wonder what it looks like after I scratch it for 50 minutes straight because my pain receptors are bad and I won't stop till I see blood.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 6 points 6 days ago

Just about everything can seem big when you have an electron microscope

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

It also happens to be just big enough for Trump his penis.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 6 days ago

Uh-huh.uh-huh. Yip yip yip yip yip

Looks like the hole they dragged the Brain Bug out of.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 208 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Also why you don't re-use needles:

[–] leds@feddit.dk 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So when nurse misses a vein and want to try again you should ask them to uae a new needle?

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

For good procedure, yes.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 160 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That's not the main reason why we don't reuse needles.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 65 points 1 week ago

One of the many

[–] plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 week ago (10 children)

For even into the same patient…

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[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 131 points 1 week ago (8 children)

It's a little misleading in that the last photo is zoomed in a lot more than the previous ones. This one has that without the extra zoom in.

[–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

Comparing the pictures it looks like the exact same set of photos except like you said, more zoomed in.

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[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 103 points 1 week ago (1 children)

how do we know this isn't just a closeup of a tardigrade butthole?

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 100 points 1 week ago (8 children)
[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I clicked because of that hole but came here because of the tardigrade upskirt pics.

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[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 40 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Hard to believe. To prepare a sample for an electron microscope you need to freeze it to nitrogen temperatures or below. You can fix it using glutaraldehyde, but again, you need to cut it accurately immediately after the penetration. My bet is that either stabbed dead skin or some sort of graphics.

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[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 35 points 1 week ago

In rationalist hell there is a special teapot for people who color SEM images

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