![]() ![]() Cells have been stained with fluorescent molecules to identify the nuclei in blue, and the cell body, in pink. This image shows human heart cells growing on a bioengineered "scaffold". This image was created using a technique called immunoflourescence microscopy.ĭr Patrizia Camelliti, Imperial College London Fatty plaques are a mixture of "bad" LDL-cholesterol, immune cells and other material, which can build up in arteries and eventually rupture, releasing a blood clot which can cause a heart attack or stroke. This image is a cross-section of a "fatty plaque" from a mouse artery. Professor David Greaves (University of Oxford) and Professor Ed Fisher (NYU & Eastman Visiting Professor in Oxford) T1-mapping uses colour to give more information about heart disease than standard black and white MRI scans. This collage of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the heart is inspired by a new imaging technique called T1-mapping. During the heartbeat, different amounts of pressure are put on the different blood vessels that feed the heart – shown here in different colours.ĭr Vanessa Ferreira, Dr Stefan Piechnik, Dr Theodoros Karamitsos and Professor Stefan Neubauer, University of Oxford This virtual model shows the blood flow through vessels serving the heart. Professor Nicolas Smith, Kings College London and University of Oxford BHF asked the researchers of it's 1200 projects to submit the best images that they have produced in the course of their work for their Reflections of Research competition. Today's photographs, however, come from the projects funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF). I love photomicrography and spend a lot of time on the Nikon Small World website perusing snapshots of the scientist's trade. It's great to see the Guardian picking up interest in bridging the arts and sciences divide. The Guardian collated some of the most well-informed comments in a follow-up article if you're interested. The Guardian article generated some interesting discussion in the comments section and while they are by no means all positive, it is good to see people talking about what is important in schools and debating whether it is possible or necesary to return to a Victorian-style education system. James Clerk Maxwell was described by Einstein as among the best physicists since Newton – but was also a published poet.' He was also a mathematics tutor at Oxford. was a time when the same people wrote poetry and built bridges - Lewis Carroll didn't just write one of the classic fairytales of all time. You need to bring art and science back together. 'Over the past century, the UK has stopped nurturing its polymaths. While Eric has since recieved criticism for drawing 'naive conclusions', he has also generated support for his back-to-the-abacus way of thinking. Eric spoke of it's failure to make the most of the country's record of innovation in computing and engineering (having invented the TV, photography and the computer both in thoery and practice) and highlighted the lack of support for bringing the sciences and arts back together in schools. The Guardian this week brought us all the action from the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, including a hard-hitting lecture from Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google, who delivered a scathing critique of the UK education system at the annual MacTaggart lecture. *Sometimes I like to try and think of as many words for internet as possible. It's a visual metaphor and looks awesome so lets not get picky about the details. ![]() However, I don't think Sam intended the map to be used in a biology exam. It does not include the integumentary system (skin, hair, nails), reproductive or endocrine systems it includes only the central nervous system and not the peripheral nervous system and there are junctions where there is no meeting of systems, for example at the humerous and radius. It's pretty, no doubt and it contains 8 of the 11 human systems. Illustrated by Sam Loman, it depicts the arterial, digestive, musculoskeletal and five other systems with junctions where they intertwine, for example the kidney and the heart. The Human Body as Subway System by Sam LomanĪnother old classic that has made its way around the cyberverse* is this map of the inner workings of the human body in the style of a tube map (or subway to my readers from across the pond). You're gonna have to click this one to make it big. ![]()
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