Title: Pollen Granule; Subject: Pollen granulle; Credit: Orlando Hernández, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, ENES - Unidad Morelia; Method/Instrument: JSM-IT300; Preparation: Dr. Francisco Balvino Olvera; Image proccesing: Biol. Daniel Ramírez Martínez

Title: Axon Rose; Subject: Representation from genotype VPS11 from drosophila brain tissue. The image shows a mutant axon gone awry amongst other brain cells; Credit: Lita Duraine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Method/Instrument: JEOL 1400 Plus

Title: hierarchical nanostructure; Subject: Ag/ZnO hierarchical nanostructure; Credit: Ulugbek Shaislamov, Jeju National University, Korea; Method/Instrument: JSM-6700F

Title: Love Me, Love My Bouton; Subject: The image is a representation of a genetic deficiency construct made for drosophila neuromuscular junction tissue. The image shows a mutant bouton synapse; Credit: Lita Duraine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Method/Instrument: JEOL 1400 Plus

Title: Pollen Granule; Subject: Pollen granulle; Credit: Orlando Hernández, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, ENES - Unidad Morelia; Method/Instrument: JSM-IT300; Preparation: Dr. Francisco Balvino Olvera; Image proccesing: Biol. Daniel Ramírez Martínez

Title: Twins in magnesium; Subject: Atomic arrangement across a twin boundary in magnesium; Credit: Lawrence Whitmore, University of Salzburg; Method/Instrument: F200

Title: Axon Rose; Subject: Representation from genotype VPS11 from drosophila brain tissue. The image shows a mutant axon gone awry amongst other brain cells; Credit: Lita Duraine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Method/Instrument: JEOL 1400 Plus

Title: A walking rabbit; Subject: Lithium metal oxide nanoparticles used as battery cathode placed on a lacey carbon grid; Credit: Cong Su, MIT (Bell Lab - Harvard Univ.); Method/Instrument: ARM200F

Title: Ultraviolet lace; Subject: Surface morphology of AlGaN semiconductor material. Overlay of a backscattered electron image (showing topography) and cathodoluminescence image (revealing the light emission properties); Credit: Lucia Spasevski, University of Strathclyde; Method/Instrument: JXA-8530F EPMA

Title: Hi there!; Subject: Ant head; Credit: Stefan Eberhard, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center / University of Georgia; Method/Instrument: JEOL-6010LV

Title: Nanofireball; Subject: ZnO nanorods grown on the CuO nanosphere; Credit: Ulugbek Shaislamov, Jeju National University, Korea; Method/Instrument: JEM-2100F

Title: Wildlife of MXenes; Subject: In the world of two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes) the Ti2N MXene particles resemble a nanoscale underwater world where a predator is trying to hunt an innocent clownfish; Credit: Armin VahidMohammadi and Majid Beidaghi, Auburn University; Method/Instrument: JSM -7000F

Title: crystalline labyrinth; Subject: Looking inside the petiole of water hyacinth (Eicchornia crassipes) at the beautiful partitioned airspace canals and their surrounding cellular connective tissue with protruding calcium oxalate styloids; Credit: Harry (Jack) Horner, Iowa State University; Method/Instrument: JEOL 5800 SEM at 15 kV

Title: Monarch Wing; Subject: Monarch Butterfly's wing segment; Credit: Yiheng Chen, The Haverford School; Method/Instrument: NeoScope JCM-5000

Title: Nano PbTe; Subject: Cubic PbTe nanocrystals (NCs) with neutral (100) facets. Cubes are capped with oleate ligands; Credit: Karunamuni Silva, Wayne State University; Method/Instrument: JEOL 2010 TEM

Title: A cross-section view of a sperm tail with double axonemes; Subject: TEM image of chemically fixed sperm specimen. Image taken at x200,000 after rotation and tilting; Credit: Yew Heng, Hospital For Sick Children – Toronto, Ontario; Method/Instrument: JEM 1400

Title: Contamination Snowflakes; Subject: Contamination; Credit: Hank Pszczola, Lockheed Martin; Method/Instrument: JSM-7200FLV

Title: Preparation; Subject: Preparation of highly structural oriented porous activated carbon; Credit: Harjeet Nath, Tripura University, India; Method/Instrument: JSM 6510

Title: Shoal-yte; Subject: ; Credit: Rekha Lankipalli, Amararaja Batteries Limited; Method/Instrument: JSM 6010 PLUS/LV

Title: Li-LLY Grass Electrode; Subject: ; Credit: Rekha Lankipalli, India; Method/Instrument: JSM 6010 PLUS/LV

Title: Snow; Subject: The image of gallium arsinide textured surface obtained by electrochemical etching. Microphotograph is made with scanning electronic microscope and coloured with the computer graphic tools. Magnification x2000; Credit: Sergey and Alexander Simchenko, SSTehnology; Method/Instrument: JEOL JSM-6490

Title: The MXene Rock; Subject: Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) image of a partially etched Ti2AlC particle showing similarities to a mountain rock. Fake colors and the sunset effect are added using a computer software.; Credit: Armin VahidMohammadi, Auburn University; Method/Instrument: JEOL JSM-7000F

Title: Spaceship to Mars; Subject: SEM Chamber & Detectors. (In view: backscatter detector, secondary detector, EDS detector, IR camera and pole piece.); Credit: Kristin Murphy, Heraeus; Method/Instrument: JSM-6060

Title: The Aftermath; Subject: The cell surface post human cytomegalovirus infection; Credit: Jie Ying Jacklyn Neo, National University of Singapore; Method/Instrument: JEOL JSM- 6701F FEG SEM

Title: Nano Batman; Subject: Graphite for energy storage; Credit: Naidu D Sreedhar, Amararaja Batteries Ltd ; Method/Instrument: JSM-6010 PLUS/LV

Title: Lava; Subject: Expanded graphite for energy storage; Credit: Naidu D Sreedhar, Amararaja Batteries Ltd; Method/Instrument: JSM-6010 PLUS/LV

Title: MXene White Walker; Subject: Partially etched 2D titanium nitride (Ti2N) MXene particles produced by selective etching of Al atoms from the Ti2AlN material. The particle resembles White Walker characters in the Game of Thrones TV show series.; Credit: Armin VahidMohammadi, Auburn University; Method/Instrument: JEOL JSM-7000F

Title: WO3 Nanoflakes; Subject: Hydrothermal Synthesis of WO3 thin films for Electrochromism application; Credit: Satish Patil, Shivaji University; Method/Instrument: JEOL SEM

Title: Valley of Nanowires - Forest; Subject: ; Credit: Sreedhar Naidu Doraswamy, Amararaja Batteries Ltd; Method/Instrument: JSM-6010 PLUS/LVTitle: Valley of Nanowires in the forest; Subject: Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes for energy storages; Credit: Sreedhar Naidu Doraswamy, Amararaja Batteries Ltd; Method/Instrument: JSM-6010 PLUS/LV

Title: Surfing by Functionalized Nanotube; Subject: Discrete Nanotube for energy storages; Credit: Sreedhar Naidu Doraswamy, Amararaja Batteries Ltd; Method/Instrument: JSM-6010 PLUS/LV

Title: tartarate; Subject: Wine crystals (tartarate) - crystal growth in Sepp Mosser wine TBA saemling, late harvest (2012); Credit: Bogdan Ranguelov Bogdan, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; Method/Instrument: JEOL JSM 5300

Title: Seeing the Light; Subject: Outer segment (tip) of a rod photoreceptor embraced by a retinal pigment epithelial cell (right) in the retina of a monkey eye. Original mag, x40,000; Credit: Patrick Nahirney, Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria, Canada; Method/Instrument: JEM-1400

Title: Beast; Subject: TEM image of a thin Si sample; Credit: Moon Kim, UT Dallas; Method/Instrument: 2000FX

Title: Kitty Paws; Subject: Lipid-based nanoparticle ; Credit: CHUAN-EN LU, Department of Science in Biochemical Science and Technology, National Taiwan University; Method/Instrument:

Title: 10%Co 5%Ru MCM-41; Subject: Cobalt based bimetallic nanocatalyst on MCM-41 support; Credit: Nafeezuddin Mohammad, North Carolina A&T State University; Method/Instrument:

Title: Micro Mouse; Subject: Micro particles of amorphous SiO2 that represent the emblematic character of disney Micky Mouse ; Credit: Saúl García López, Research Laboratory and Advanced Electronic Microscopy, UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ AUTÓNOMA DE TABASCO (MÉXICO); Method/Instrument: JEM 2100

Title: The soldier; Subject: Ant-jaw-based surgical clamps; Credit: Alessandra Guimarães, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Method/Instrument: SEM 6700

Title: Gone With the Wind; Subject: Dandelion Seed; Credit: Guilherme Tonelli, Laboratório de Microscopia Eletrônica at University of Brasília, Brazil; Method/Instrument: JSM-7001F

Title: Spaghetti - straight until wet; Subject: Polyethylene Fibers; Credit: Sreedhar Naidu D, Amararaja Batteries Ltd; Method/Instrument: JSM-6010 PLUS/LV

Title: Pearls on hydrophobic leaf; Subject: Lignin; Credit: Sreedhar Naidu D, Amararaja Batteries Ltd; Method/Instrument: JSM-6010 PLUS/LV

Title: Ruby Glade; Subject: GaAs nanocrystalline surface obtained by electrochemical etching; Credit: Sergey Simchenko, Department of radio electronics and precision instrumentation C.T.C city of Berdyansk; Method/Instrument: JSM-6490

Title: Hippo-Clown; Subject: micrograph of an Alzheimer's disease-related gene expressed in mouse hippocampus region; Credit: Zhongyuan Zuo, Baylor College of Medicine; Method/Instrument: JEOL 1010

Title: Dueling Microscopes; Subject: Human Kidney Glomerulus; Credit: Janet Schwarz, The University of Vermont Microscopy Imaging Center; Method/Instrument: JEM-1400 TEM

Title: ZnS/GaP multilayer film; Subject: Interface between GaP and ZnS, which were grown as a multilayer film on silicon - a new definition of "Twin boundary engineering"; Credit: Pariasadat Musavigharavi, University of New South Wales; Method/Instrument: JEOL F200

Title: parasite; Subject: The helminth Heligmosomoides polygyrus, a nematode parasite of mice; Credit: Leandro Lemgruber, Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology - University of Glasgow; Method/Instrument: IT-100

Title: Ghost; Subject: Kidney biological sample; Credit: Linda Sims, Arkana Laboratories; Method/Instrument: JEOL JEM-1400Plus, 60kV, 2000x magnification, AMT bottom mount camera

Title: dragon by the tail; Subject: Tarantula urticating hair in web; Credit: James Bragg, US Army Dugway Proving Ground; Method/Instrument: JSM-6010LA

Title: Diamonds in the rough; Subject: Bacillus thuringiensis crystals with spores; Credit: James Bragg, US Army Dugway Proving Ground; Method/Instrument: JSM-6300F

Title: Nano Island; Subject: Particle of a platinum catalyst on the surface of a semiconductor; Credit: Sergey and Alexander Simchenko, Department of radio electronics and precision instrumentation C.T.C city of Berdyansk; Method/Instrument: JSM-6490

Title: Color Crystals; Subject: ; Credit: Sergey and Alexander Simchenko, Department of radio electronics and precision instrumentation C.T.C city of Berdyansk; Method/Instrument: JSM-6490

Title: Roar; Subject: Tardigrade AKA Water Bear in algae; Credit: Sheri Neva, EAG Los Angeles; Method/Instrument: JSM 6610LV

Title: Diamond-rolled STM tip; Subject: A tungsten scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) needle that was run along a chemically-vapour deposited diamond surface for several hours, resulting in a rolled up tip with indents of the diamond grains; Credit: Tomas Martin, University of Bristol; Method/Instrument: JSM-5600LV

Title: COSMO chameleon; Subject: JEOL COSMO; Credit: Iryna Zelenina, MPI CPFS; Method/Instrument: JEM-ARM300F / Alignment of the microscope

Title: Micro Cotton Candy; Subject: ; Credit: Richa Agrawal, Florida International University; Method/Instrument: JEOL 6330

Title: Crystal Dove; Subject: Pancreatic tissue with salt residue; Credit: Lita Duraine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Method/Instrument: 1400 Plus

Title: Hallowed Vacuole; Subject: Human fibroblast cells; Credit: Lita Duraine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Method/Instrument: JEOL 1400 Plus

Title: Frozen Forest; Subject: Platinum nanocrystallites grown at a high deposition rate, leading to abnormal growth at the edges of the nanocrystal; Credit: Cian McKeown, Univeristy of Limerick; Method/Instrument: JCM 5700