In an astonishing intersection of art and science, optics and imaging products company Nikon has announced the winning images in its annual “Nikon Small World” microscopy competition. This is the 48th edition of the competition.
first place
A portrait of Gregory Timin – under the supervision of Dr. Michael Milinkovic of the University of Geneva – won first place. The high-resolution images show a fetal hand of the “An-Nahar gecko”; It is one of the reptiles that inhabit Madagascar. The length of the embryonic hand is about 3 millimeters.
A portrait of Gregory Timin – under the supervision of Dr. Michael Milinkovic of the University of Geneva – won first place. The high-resolution images show a fetal hand of the “An-Nahar gecko”; It is one of the reptiles that inhabit Madagascar. The length of the embryonic hand is about 3 millimeters.
Second place
Dr. Caleb Dawson’s picture took second place. And in the breast tissue, the contractile muscle epithelial cells appear as they wrap around the milk-producing sacs.
the third place
The image of vascular networks in the intestines of an adult mouse, taken by Sato Pavonsalu and Dr. Sinem Karman, won third place.
fourth place
The portrait of Dr. Andrew Bosslet won fourth place. The photo shows the long-legged vault spider, which has a female body length of 9 millimeters, while the male is slightly shorter.
Fifth place
A photo of slime mold by Alison Pollack took fifth place.
Sixth place
Ole Bielefeldt’s photo won sixth place. The unburned carbon particles are shown to be liberated when the candle’s hydrocarbon chain is broken.
7th place
The portrait of Dr. Jiankun Zhao and Dr. Glenda Hallyday won seventh place. A group of human neurons derived from neural stem cells is shown.
8th place
Dr. Nathanael Brunet’s photograph showing the developing peaks of red algae won eighth place.
9th place
The liquid crystal mixture photograph of Dr. Marek Sotkowski also won ninth place.
10th place
A photo of a fly under the chin of a tiger beetle won 10th place. The photo was taken by Murat Ozturk.
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