14 strange science pictures

Join us to explore the wonders of science you never knew, with amazing images introduced by the French National Center for Scientific Research.

Photo 1: Hydromassage through a scanning electron microscope: looks like a gold-plated scepter decorated with pink agate tablets.

Photo 2: Tape slices are observed by polarized light. The tape is 280,000 years old, taken at a depth of 2876m from the Vostok glacier, Antarctica. In the picture is a lot of ice crystals with colors that vary depending on the direction.

Photo 3: This photo belongs to a researcher of the Center for Applied Mathematics, Polytechnic University. This is the result of computer simulations. The image allows a better view of the trajectory in the molecular diagram under the influence of gravity.

Photo 4: This is a picture of zeolite scanning electron microscope. Zeolites are crystals of silicon and aluminum complexes, which exist in their natural state in lava.

Photo 5: A group of genetically engineered mice, among them, Neurobiologie Laboratory researchers, Plasticité Tissulaire et Métabolisme Énergétique (of the French National Center for Scientific Research) have identified mice that carry the cells. The cell contains a fluorescent protein. For scientists, this supports the monitoring of grafted cells in adipose tissue in mice.

Photo 6: Through two layers of glass slides under a microscope, these liquid crystals show us a rather messy structure. These are liquid crystals in the form of "bleached" smectique, capable of reacting with electrical impulses in just a fraction of a second compared to a thousandth in ordinary liquid crystals.

Photo 7: This image is taken by scanning electron microscope. The colors in the image are only assumptions, and only work to help scientists distinguish details. Each sphere, composed of polymetyl metacrilat molecules (similar to the composition of organic glass), is a cap of dozens of microns that make up the aromatic fluid. This compound can be used to produce drugs with slow permeability.

Photo 8: This is a salt cliff displayed at the introduction of the Realmonte salt mine in Sicile. This cliff is composed of sodium chloride (white) and potassium hydroxide salt (beige). The lines represent 'Messinien crisis', a period in the history of geological formation (about 5.5 million years ago), when the Mediterranean Sea was depleted and its salts formed thick layers. deep bottom.

Photo 9: Is there anything hidden behind this 2-color painting? This image is made by electron microscope with high resolution, showing 2 olivine particles - one green and one red. Olivine is one of the most abundant minerals found in earth's rocks. The name olivine comes from its olive green color.

Photo 10: The shapes in the picture below show how creative nature is from a microscope perspective. These are cows' protein crystals, also known as BPTI substances (inhibitors of tripxin in the cow's pancreas). BPTI is used as an antifreeze in some heart surgeries.

Photo 11: In the photo is one of many temporary islands created by the Rio Negro river. This photo was taken from an aircraft by Hervé Théry, a researcher from the Latin American Center for Research and Documentation (Credal). The reason for making this strange heart?'The erratic change of sediment and erosion can make miracles,' explains Hervé Théry.

Photo 12: Below is a picture of the plasma on a layer of titanium dioxide. In glass tubes, between electrodes at two terminals, scientists from the Plasma Physics and Technology Laboratory I (LPTP) ionized the gas by creating an electrical discharge. Result: gas turns into plasma - the fourth famous state of matter.

Photo 13: The picture below shows ice crystals in Antarctica. These bizarre shapes are abundantly abundantly on the ice storage cellar of the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA). This project allows the exploitation of a 3-kilometer-high ice column at Dôme C. The analysis of the ice samples will allow researchers to rebuild the 800,000-year climate history.

Photo 14: Can you imagine, this is a very small part of a prehistoric device: a piece of a big finger-sized blade made of stone. This is a research sample for the Department of Functional Analysis, a science developed from the field of friction, studying how to restore the function of archeological objects based on the wear and tear analysis of them.