• No, you’re not in the Matrix, just looking at the magnificent, fluorescent world of microfluidics.

    There is a photograph of Raissa Teixeira.

    Fluorescent microfluidics
  • An array of rough silica nanoparticles, arranged and captured at the UQ Centre for Microscopy andMicroanalysis.

    Dan Cheng is pictured.

    An array of rough silica nanoparticles, arranged and captured at the UQ Centre for Microscopy andMicroanalysis.
  • This spinal cord organoid, an artificially grown mass of cells or tissue, is one month old. Early synapse formation between motor neurons is just becoming visible.

    Sean Morrison is pictured.

    This spinal cord organoid, an artificially grown mass of cells or tissue, is one month old with early synapse formation between motor neurons just becoming visible.
  • Microchocolate made from enzymes under a scanning electron microscope.

    There is a photograph of Yilun Weng.

    Microchocolate made from enzymes under a scanning electron microscope.
  • This critter is an intestinal organoid and has been captured by confocal microscopy, a practice that involves highly focused laser light. If you squint, you can kind of see a motorcycle.

    There is a photograph of Jie Tang.

    Intestinal organoid captured by confocal microscopy, a practice which involves highly focused laser light
  • This flower-like titanium dioxide, made from tiny rod-like particles, wouldn’t be out of place in the botanic gardens.

    There is a photograph of a man by the name of Yusuf Kaneti.

    Titanium dioxide, made from tiny rod-like particles
  • Close up of a sugar bowl? Or a collection of iron oxide particles coated with silver? Hint: don’t eat it.

    There is a photograph of Javeria Bashir.

    A collection of iron oxide particles coated with silver
  • Under the microscope, we can get a front-row seat to the various stages of embryo development. These slides have been digitally augmented and arranged by computers.

    There is a photograph of Larry Cai.

    The various stages of embryo development digitally augmented and arranged by computers.
  • It could be an eyeball, it could be a flower. It’s actually the upper surface of a cucumber leaf as it appears under a scanning electron microscope.

    There is a photograph of Shangxu Jiang.

    The upper surface of a cucumber leaf as it appears under a scanning electron microscope.
  • Larva-stage zebrafish essentially turn off their visual system when they’re inactive at night. In this image researchers have fluorescently labelled the subject, giving it a striking contrast against the gloom.

    There is a photograph of Syed Aoun Ali.

    Larva-stage zebrafish fluorescently labelled
  • This image resembles a terraced field, which is a famous farming landscape in China. Here, we see it in nanoscale.

    The picture is titled "Jiakang You."

    This image resembles a terraced field, which is a famous farming landscape in China. Here, we see it in nanoscale.