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

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 1:16PM
Joshua Lynn

The 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/

Article originally appeared on Pocket Joshua (http://www.pocketjoshua.com/).