kinesin (a motor protein) moving a molecule around a cell.
this process is happening constantly throughout the body.
kinesins move at a rate of 2000 nm/s, meaning they take ~250 of these tiny steps a second (this clip is greatly slowed down).
the world’s smallest snowman is less than 3 microns tall and was built from silica spheres. the eyes and mouth were cut with a focused ion beam and the arms and nose were sculpted with platinum. magnification 25,000x
the world’s smallest snowman is less than 3 microns tall and was built from silica spheres. the eyes and mouth were cut with a focused ion beam and the arms and nose were sculpted with platinum. magnification 25,000x