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Science in Pictures

AuthorScott LaFee
Date

February 24, 2025

A differential interference contrast image of an amoeba magnified 60 times. Amoebas are a type of cell or unicellular organism with the ability to alter their shape, primarily by extending and retracting pseudopods or “false feet.”

Image courtesy of Håkan Kvarnström, Stockholm, Sweden and Nikon.