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Hollow wax fibres made by hydrangea scale insects.

Making hollow wax fibrils…….

Post author:Jaap Nijsse
Post published:2020-01-27

To make these hollow, hexagonal fibres would be a good challenge for nano engineers, please react! Good for them to know that the cottony hydrangea scale insects (hortensia woldopluis in dutch) already have the method in perfection. These tough, hollow fibrils protect the young scale insects from being eaten by other bugs. Magnify your own product at Consistence.

Time lapse imaging of germination of garden cress seed (Lepidium sativum).

Seed germination

Post author:Jaap Nijsse
Post published:2020-01-27

Yes, good to share that material research at Consistence is the seed to your business success, but this outburst of life, from dry seeds taken out of an aluminium sachet, makes me humbled after all...... Thanks Paul for imaging garden cress (Lepidium sativum) seed germination in our lab.