Micronaut: The fine art of microscopy by science photographer Martin Oeggerli

http://www.gloorinstruments.ch/ Image of the Month – Euglena

Basel, December 2013. Cucumber shaped Euglena are so ingeniously built that researchers still do not fully understand ...
http://www.gloorinstruments.ch/ Image of the Month – Springtail Snout

Basel, September 2013. Springtails are found in leaf litter and soil. With estimates of 100’000 per cubic ...
http://www.gloorinstruments.ch/ Image of the Month – Fat buddies

Basel, June 2013. Fat cells are considered a nuisance because they give us bellies and flapping ...
http://www.gloorinstruments.ch/ Image of the Month – Biomimetics

Basel, May 2013. Many plants have developed highly structured water-repellent and self-cleaning surfaces, which avoid the plant to ...
http://www.gloorinstruments.ch/ Image of the Month – Brittlestar

Basel, April 2013. Scientists have discovered a brittlestar with crystalline microlens plates in its skeleton that ...
http://www.gloorinstruments.ch/ Image of the Month – Micro-Robots

Basel, March 2013. Colored SEM image showing micro robots named ‘PolyMites’, arranged on a wafer plate ...

Atlant’s Column: Cyclops in a Kilt, December 2013

This section analyzes and explores invisibly small structures, and explains the scientifically relevant facts behind Micronaut’s artistic works! It is a bacterium, a plant and an animal at the same time and almost as old as life itself. Euglena is so ingeniously built that researchers stilldo not fully understand how it works.

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Micronaut – A little bit about the artist…

Martin Oeggerli is Micronaut. The Swiss science photographer has been invited to the 2011 Gwangju Design Biennale by prominent Chinese artist and director Ai Weiwei. His award-winning works are published by the greatest names in science and photography, such as BBC, CELL, Nature, VOGUE, and National Geographic [...]