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I should call her.

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Also why you don’t re-use needles:

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    • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s not the main reason why we don’t reuse needles.

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      • BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        One of the many

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      • plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        For even into the same patient…

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    • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Can we see the skin after that sixth use?

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      • MeatPilot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • Zacryon@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    There was missing something…

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    • _stranger_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    how do we know this isn’t just a closeup of a tardigrade butthole?

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They’re well studied.

      livescience.com/62602-tardigrade-poop-video.html

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      • Regna@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        TIL

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      • YoiksAndAway@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        This deserves its own post.

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      • MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Here’s a photo of the tardigrade in action:

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      • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        That was a huge log

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      • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I clicked because of that hole but came here because of the tardigrade upskirt pics.

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      • Nikls94@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Shit this made me actually laugh out loud in person lol 😂

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  • vivalapivo@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Hard to believe. To prepare a sample for an electron microscope you need to freeze it to nitrogen temperatures or below. You can fix it using glutaraldehyde, but again, you need to cut it accurately immediately after the penetration. My bet is that either stabbed dead skin or some sort of graphics.

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    • MBech@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Also seems wildly overkill to use an electron microscope for this.

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      • vivalapivo@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        That’s an elephant in the room here

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    • flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yes! When I did electron microscopy, we had to cover the fix the samples and cover them with a very thin gold layer beforehand.

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      • vivalapivo@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yeah, and it’s impossible to catch color!

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  • alzymologist@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    In rationalist hell there is a special teapot for people who color SEM images

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  • Phineaz@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thanks, I hate it. Not because of the hole, but because of how unhealthy the skin looks in this picture.

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    • cRazi_man@europe.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Were you expecting it to be smooth like plastic? The top layer is basically a bunch of dead skin cells that keep flaking away from the top layer and building up again from the lower layers.

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      • kautau@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Not if you moisturize

        ^/s,^ ^of^ ^course,^ ^though^ ^I’m^ ^sure^ ^you^ ^could^ ^put^ ^this^ ^photo^ ^on^ ^Instagram^ ^and^ ^be^ ^like^ ^“this^ ^is^ ^your^ ^skin^ ^without^ ^my^ ^brand^ ^of^ ^healing^ ^lotion^ ^made^ ^of^ ^baby^ ^foreskin”^ ^and^ ^make^ ^plenty^ ^of^ ^sales^

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      • Phineaz@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I am aware, but it still looks very unsettling. The fake colour actually makes it worse I think, because I have seen plenty similar pictures in gray scale

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      • angrystego@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It would only be smooth if it was shark skin.

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      • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Mmm, skin flakes.

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    • sploosh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Scanning electron microscopes image in a vacuum. Nothing looks 100% like it does at sea level when you suck all the air out.

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Pik pik pik

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    • TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I knit, tiny? makes me want to use a bandaid after I inject black yat heroim these days

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  • Thordros@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    • Pat_Riot@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      This is my hole. It was made for me.

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      • leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        DRR… DRR… DRR…

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  • Tikiporch@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Most SEMs use a vacuum chamber to get their photos. Also, it’s also not uncommon to sputter a conductive coating onto the surface you’re scanning.

    How the hell did they get this photo?

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    • Pulptastic@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Environmental SEMs do not require vacuum and can be used for nonconductive samples. The beam ionizes the air which prevents the sample from charging. Magnification is limited but it is more than enough for this.

      You can tell it is SEM and not optical by the depth of field. An optical image at this magnification would have much less DoF so the peaks/valleys would be blurry.

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      • JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        That’s very cool. I had not heard of ESEMs till you commented. I’ll have to look into them more.

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    • ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Put a needle in someone, freeze them solid with liquid nitrogen, then take a picture. Throw body out with rest of specimens.

      Easy peasy.

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    • Duckingold@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It likely wasn’t done on an electron microscope, or at least there is no reason to. There is no scale bar, but quick look online tells me a very fine needle is about 0.016in. 500x magnification optical lens would give you more than enough resolution for a photo like that.

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    • princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’m more intrigued by the fact there’s no blood, they must’ve taken this milliseconds after the needle was removed? Or it’s a dead body.

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    • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They could have remained a portion of the skin. But as another commenter notes, this is too large to need an electron microscope.

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    • Zetta@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Probably just a chunk of skin, not a whole person

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That old familiar sting.

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  • kuhli@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    • Noodle07@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      NEEDLUSSY

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  • lena@gregtech.eu ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no

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    • far_university1990@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yes ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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  • hazl@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The pores on my face as seen by the naked eye.

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  • Siegfried@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Everything reminds me of her

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  • socsa@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I should also call your mom.

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  • Allero@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Just about everything can seem big when you have an electron microscope

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  • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Wonder what it looks like after I scratch it for 50 minutes straight because my pain receptors are bad and I won’t stop till I see blood.

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  • fox@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s from a series Anne Weston at the Francis Crick Institute did. Scanning electron microscopy. The full series is pretty cool.

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  • LordWiggle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It also happens to be just big enough for Trump his penis.

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  • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Uh-huh.uh-huh. Yip yip yip yip yip

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  • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Any hole’s a goal

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  • latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    …hmmmmmm…

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  • RavenFellBlade@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Looks like the hole they dragged the Brain Bug out of.

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