Pictures from the world of science, selected by Nature’s art team.
Ferocious sharks, mining in a war zone and caustic light tricks are some of the most memorable images we found in the world of science over the past month.
Brain waves of light
Retro parasites
Most of us have to deal with some of these monsters at some point in our lives, but photographer Marcus DeSieno’s unique combination of old and modern techniques shows common parasites in an entirely new light. DeSieno starts with alcohol-preserved animals, which he dries out and then images with a scanning electron microscope, with the help of technicians at the University of South Florida in Tampa. He then prints the shots and transfers them to a type of photographic plate known as ferrotype, popular in the late 1800s, resulting in these otherwordly beasts.
Less snow on thin ice
Child miner
Choosy chewers
Rosetta's big stone
Shark snaps at snapper
Kidney clarity
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Gill, P. G. et al. Nature 512, 303–305 (2014).
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Castelvecchi, D. Images of the month: August 2014. Nature (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2014.15797
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