These benthic foraminifera are known for aggregating a wide range of available minerals (silica, magnetite, volcanic rock, etc.) into the construction of their shells. The bubbles are from the carbon tape used for mounting. This model was created from micro-computed tomography (u-CT) data.
Authors: Javier Andres Tejeda Mora, Dewi Langlet
A new experimental technique, named as Fiber Tracking Velocimetry, was proposed for measuring the statistical properties of turbulent flows.
Author: Stefano Olivieri
Nerve cells growing on a scaffold, 3D printed using cutting edge laser printing technology, intended to develop implants to be used for treatment of traumatic injuries.
Authors: Marco Terenzio, Laurent Guillaud, Lokesh Agrawal
Close-up of polyps forming the hard coral Acropora digitifera found off the coast of Okinawa. Coral reefs are built by coral polyps as they secrete layers of calcium carbonate beneath their bodies.
Author: Courtney Dunphy
The false clownfish Amphiprion ocellaris, also called Nemo, is used in many labs to understand physiology, development, evolution and ecology of marine fishes.
Author: Kina Hayashi
Unit: Marine Eco-Evo-Devo Unit
Visualization of the turbulent flow over a layer of flexible filaments created to explore the fluid-structure interaction in ecological systems such as aquatic seagrass meadows or wheat fields in a terrestrial framework.
Authors: Stefano Olivieri, Alessandro Monti
