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A Mother's Hands

CLARISSA ELIZABETH MARIA 울산과학기술원 학부생

기초과학연구원 인턴 (intern at CSLM (Center for Soft and Living Matter)

This image was taken using the transmission electron microscope (TEM), in the process of optimizing liposomes sample preparation. Liposomes will typically dry up and form circular structures. However, in some rare cases, they might break and form unique amorphous structures. If one were to look closely, this structure looks like hands. Not just any hands, but a mother's embracing hands. A mother's hands are gentle yet powerful at the same time. They are more than powerful to protect us from dangers, and they are also the gentlest hands where we run to, they are the hands that are always wishing for our safety and happiness, no matter how many miles apart. As an international student staying thousands of miles away from home, it feels reassuring to know that even the nanoscale world is trying to remind me that my mother will always wish for my safety and happiness.