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Spring hay fever- the face of the invisible enemy

March 30, 2011
Spring hay fever

A false-colour scanning electron micrograph of grass pollen grains, a major cause of hay fever

Hay fever sufferers can now see the face of their invisible enemy – thanks to these Scanning Electron Microscope images of pollen grains. One in five people in the UK suffer from hay fever every year – but even the worst affected could appreciate the beauty of pollen grains blown up by a million times.
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