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Developing an AI-based framework for automated classification of pollen grain images, with applications in agriculture, medicine, and biodiversity monitoring

The approach combines scanning electron microscopy with a computer vision model and a web-based application to automatically classify pollen grains based on their microscopic surface features. Its ...
The Washington Post

What ancient pollen reveals about Earth’s history

Pollen grains are far more than allergens — they are also nature’s time capsules, preserving clues about Earth’s past environments for millions of years. Pollen’s tough outer shell enables it to ...
Yahoo

Ancient pollen reveals stories about Earth’s history, from the asteroid strike that killed the dinosaurs to the Mayan collapse

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An electron microscope image, colorized, shows different structures of pollen grains, including sunflower, morning glory and ...
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Fig. 3: Scanning electron microscope image of pollen extracted from the fossilised flower Tilia magnasepala (Fig. 1). (IMAGE)

Credit must be given to the creator. Fig. 4: The newly discovered fossil bumblebee Bombus (Kronobombus) messegus. Fig. 5: Fluorescent fossil pollen on the body of the fossil bumble bee Bombus ...
Smithsonian Magazine

See 17 Intricate Microscope Photographs That Make the Miniature World Immense. They Won the Evident Image of the Year Contest

The sixth annual competition showcases scientific microscopic imaging, illuminating tiny parts of nature, from individual cells to arthropods, diatoms and a zebrafish brain Carlyn Kranking | Associate ...
Nature

Electron microscopy methods for nanoscale characterisation

Electron microscopy (EM) has become an indispensable tool for investigating the nanoscale structure of a large range of materials, across physical and life sciences. It is vital for characterisation ...