Colourised scanning electron microscope images of diatoms by Dr Paul Hargreaves and Faye Darling. 19 April 2011 • 12:36pm . This may look like Salvador Dali's Mae West Lips Sofa, ...

There may be 200,000 varieties of beautiful diatoms, ... What follows are ten of the most engaging images of diatoms from Alverson's research. Amphora (Image credit: Elizabeth Ruck) ...

We examine diatoms via research-grade microscopes. Our lab also houses several thousand glass microslides and archived material, primarily from arctic, alpine and Antarctic lakes and streams. Our work ...

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A new study led by researchers from the U of A found that diatoms evolved slowly for the first 100 million years of their existence. Then, 170 million years ago, they reached an inflection point ...

Colourised scanning electron microscope images of diatoms by Dr Paul Hargreaves and Faye Darling. 19 April 2011 • 12:36pm . This may look like Salvador Dali's Mae West Lips Sofa, ...