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Thalassiosira pseudonana
Photo: Thalassiosira pseudonana, by Oregon State University, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Diatoms and the Mystery of Morphogenesis

From code to art: how does a linear set of instructions result in a beautifully crafted pattern? Diatoms do it, and scientists are struggling to figure out how. Read More ›
diatom
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Diatoms, an Evolutionary Mystery, Come into Nano-Focus

The jewels of the microbial world, when seen with new nano-scale imaging techniques, look like little modernist cathedrals. Read More ›

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