Ticks are bloodsucking mites. Many of them are carriers of disease.
We took a closer look at the tools ticks use to get our blood.
How does the tick find us? )
In the last leg segment of the first leg pair (4) there is a pit, the Hall organ (e). It contains chemoreceptors that enable the tick to find the host.
Small environment, great pictures: Our fascinating micro-world #5
The flat material paper is fascinatingly versatile: packaging, art paper, toilet paper, and special papers for filters, indicators, furniture & PCs.
Small environment, great pictures: Our fascinating micro-world #4
Natural foods are not industrially processed and contain neither preservatives nor other artificial additives.
However, they are usually rich in valuable ingredients such as vitamins, minerals and secondary plant substances and usually contain less fat, sugar and salt.
Small environment, great pictures: Our fascinating micro-world #3
Hair is a long horn filament consisting essentially of keratin. They fulfil versatile functions such as heat and light protection, moisture protection and moisture regulation as well as camouflage.
Small environment, great pictures: Our fascinating micro-world #2
Today in the strucTEM microscopes molds:
Colloquially, molds are a heterogeneous group of filamentous fungi that cover organic substrates with a more or less dense felt. Scientifically, moulds cannot be distinguished from other fungi.
Small environment, great pictures: Our fascinating micro-world #1
Today in the strucTEM microscopes:
A persistent plant that often shines blue along the way: it is the common chicory - Cichorium intybus - also called ordinary chicory.