electricorchid:

The leaf tendrils of Nepenthes pitcher plants expand and differentiate into deadly drowning pools. | +

sciencecenter:

Who lives in a rainforest, under a tree?

Why, Spongiforma squarepantsii, of course. The newly-discovered species of fungi has more in common with the cartoon character than just a name, though - the fungi can be wrung out like a sponge and still retain its shape, a rarity among mushrooms.

electricorchid:

The castor oil plant (Ricinus communis) is the source of ricin, one of the most toxic proteins known. Ricin is actively taken up by cells and inactivates ribosomes, effectively blocking protein synthesis. It is thought that castor oil plants evolved this toxin as a way to protect their oil-rich seeds from being eaten.  | +

ohyeahdevelopmentalbiology:

Section of a normal mammary gland that has been stained to find the terminal duct zones that are enriched for mammary stem cells (red) and to visualize a Notch signaling pathway (green). Impairing the Notch pathway caused malignant breast cancer cells to revert to a normal phenotype.

Internet has been down for a few days but I’ve left Uni, so hopefully I should be back to business as usual.  

2headedsnake:

signatureillustration.org

rory kurtz

ohscience:

Retinography photograph showing the optic disc as a bright area on the right where blood vessels converge.

geneticist:

Algae Read about its potential to be used to create hydrogen here.

fuckyeahcardiovascularsystem:

1933 Vintage Anatomy Book Plate (by ninainflorida)

cosmobio:

Petri dishes 1 is a new twist on my microbiology theme. Brightly-colored bacteria and other microorganisms bloom in their laboratory habitat - petri dishes. The contents of each dish are individually painted in watercolors, using a wet-in-wet technique. Then they are cut out and placed in their petri dishes (also hand-painted) and mounted on arches watercolor paper.

Infectiously appealing - perfect for your lab, office or living room!

Overall size 20 inches square. Signed. Absolutely unique!