1992 Gallery

Stamford Bridge Stadium EAW614381

STAMFORD BRIDGE STADIUM, London. Aerial view. Home of Chelsea Football Club in 1992. Around this time Chelsea Village Ltd and Ken Bates won control of the club leading to a major redevelopment of the ground. This is also the year the Premiership was founded. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

© Historic England

Aerial, Football, Leisure, Recreation, Sport, Urban

Illustration of the human placenta

Illustration of the human placenta. The placenta is an organ that develops in the female uterus during pregnancy. Through it, and an umbilical cord (at lower right), the blood supply of the mother is linked to the fetus. A rich supply of placental blood vessels (red and blue, at centre) allow for nutrients and oxygen to be transferred from mother to fetus. And it allows waste products from the fetus to pass back to the mother. Apart from being a vital link between mother and fetus, the placenta also produces hormones. By the end of pregnancy it has grown about 20cm wide and 2.5cm thick. Shortly after birth, the placenta is expelled from the uterus as the afterbirth

© JOHN BAVOSI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Immunofluorescent LM of neurons & astrocytes

Immunofluorescent Light Micrograph of a network of neurons and astrocyte cells, in brain cortex. In the foreground, nerve fibres of neurons (green) are seen in a fine branching network. These fibres are the routes of transmission of nerve impulses. Astrocytes behind them (orange) are large star- shaped connective tissue cells; as part of the neuroglia ("nerve glue") they provide mechanical support and nutrients for the neurons. Astrocytes may take part in information storage processes. Immunofluorescence is a staining technique which uses antibodies to attach fluorescent dyes to specific tissues and to molecules within the cell. Magnification: x200 at 35mm, x375 at 6x4.5cm

© NANCY KEDERSHA/UCLA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY