Unique biofilm imaging, polarised microscopy of leaf hairs and self-assembling polymer micrographs are among the winners of this year's International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge, sponsored by Science and the US National Science Foundation (NSF). Researcher, Lydia-Marie Joubert from Stanford University School of Medicine, developed a novel biofilm imaging technique, implemented on a hand structure, to convey bacteria growth. Human Hand controlling Bacterial Biofilms reveals biofilm at 400 times normal resolution, in the dark-grey fingers and palm of a hand sculpture. Joubert says the image shows how microbes persevere, even after repeated antimicrobial treatment.
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