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Nov032009

Online tool to help visualize the size and scale of cells and other tiny objects

LeanrGeneticsCellSizeThe University of Utah Genetic Science Learning Center has published an interactive visual tool to zoom in on objects from a coffee bean down to a carbon atom.  There is even a grid scale in the upper left corner that shows the zooming scale graphically.

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/

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