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Snapshots of Life: Stronger Than It Looks

By IRP Staff Blogger

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Reblogged from the NIH Director's Blog.

If you went out and asked folks what they’re seeing in this picture, most would probably guess an elegantly woven basket, or a soft, downy feather. But what this scanning electron micrograph actually shows isn’t at all soft: it is the hardest substance in the mammalian body—tooth enamel!