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Human Colon Cancer Cells in 3D

  Fluorescence micrograph of human colon cancer cells in a three-dimensional extracellular matrix. This environment mimics physiological tissue, and the cells organize into cancer organoids. Such 3D organoid cultures are used by...
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Crystal Clear: Sodium Phosphate Crystals

Pictured here are sodium phosphate (NaPO4) crystals, coloured, and taken using scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Crystalline materials form regular lattices that result in geometric shapes such as the shape seen here....

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