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If you’ve ever wondered how a diving beetle swims through the water or manages to rest just on the surface, the answer is in part because its foot is infinitely more complicated than your own. As seen above, this microscopic image of a male Acilius sulcatus (diving beetle) by photographer Igor Siwanowicz reveals the extraordinaryContinue reading "The Extraordinary Details of Tiny Creatures Captured with a Laser-Scanning Microscope by Igor Siwanowicz"

Depth-color coded stentors (single-celled freshwater protozoans), Dr. Igor Siwanowicz, 2nd Place, 2019 Nikon Small World Awards

this year's winners celebrate 47 years since the nikon small world competition was launched, back in 1975.

Nikon Small World awards microscope photographer cash prizes for their best microscope pictures each year, and 2016 has brought some truly beautiful images.

Robert Brons - Cristatella mucedo (freshwater Bryozoan or moss animal)

Justin Zoll - Amino acid crystals (L-glutamine and beta-alanine)

The beloved photomicrography competition celebrates its 50th year with bubbly cannabis plants, vivid cellular architecture, and...Grimace? Is that you?

For 40 years, the Nikon Small World photomicrography competition has displayed the most beautiful, unusual, and technically sophisticated photographs...

Transverse section of an ostrich fern

These images, honored in Nikon’s annual Small World photo competition, are reminders of the colorful wonders invisible to the naked eye.

Photos: A deep dive into what the human eye cannot see and the microscope can, the photomicrography competition celebrates hidden beauty.

View the winning entries from the 2023 Photomicrography Competition

Nikon has just announced the winners of its annual Small World Photomicrography competition, and as you can see from these stunning photographs, bigger isn't always better.

13th Place: Dr. Emilio Carabajal Márquez, Madrid, Spain. Focus Stacking, 20x (Objective Lens Magnification).

The Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition lets us see beyond the capabilities of our unaided eyes. Almost 2000 entries from 70 countries vied for recognition in the 37th annual contest, which celebrates photography through a microscope. Images two through 21 showcase the contest's winners in order, and are followed by a selection of other outstanding works. Scientists and photographers turned their attention on a wide range of subjects, both living and man-made, from lacewing larva…

Inspect a snail's tongue, marvel at a human hair and more of the world under a microscope.

Nicholas Strausfeld - Sex-specific (male) visual neurons in blowfly