Dr. Donna Stolz, University of Pittsburgh Mammalian cell collage stained for various proteins and organelles, assembled into a wreath COURTESY OF NIKON SMALL WORLD
Nikon’s 2011 Small World CompetitionFor the past 37 years, Nikon’s Small World Photomicrography Competition has showcased some of the most breathtaking images ever captured under a microscope, and this year was no exception. The top three winners of this year’s competition were photographs of a turquoise-hued green lacewing, a blade of grass magnified 200 times, and the marine phytoplankton Melosira moniliformis, which was imaged while still alive.
Wellcome Image awards 2011Each year, Wellcome Images—a freely available online repository of historical and contemporary images from biology and medicine—recognize the most memorable images acquired into the collection that year. This year’s picks included a confocal micrograph of a mouse retina, a confocal micrograph of wheat infected with ergot fungus, and a stunning scanning electron micrograph of a ...
