Nikon's Small World Photomicrography Competition is regarded as the leading forum for showcasing the beauty and complexity of life as seen through the light microscope.
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Nikon Small World Fascinating article from the NY Times: Romanian scientists found fossils of a new breed of predatory dinosaur in recent http://nyti.ms/bYasdM. Here is an upclose image of some dino that luckily for us, aren't as intimidating: http://bit.ly/9u29Jp
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The dinosaur lived more than 65 million years ago and had two sicklelike claws on each foot.
Nikon Small World The Wistar Institute, a friend of Nikon, lost one of its own last week: Cell biologist Gerd Maul, known for the discovery of nuclear dots - structures within nuclei of animal cells. See the link here to the story on The Scientist: http://bit.ly/9TiYIj
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Cell biologist dies : Gerd Maul, an accomplished artist and scientist at the <a href=
Nikon Small World Remember that you have the opportunity to see Small World on tour before the summer ends! Check out the schedule here to see when we might be near your town: http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/tour
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In studying rat cognition, scientists must focus on the rodent's hearing or smell rather than vision. Good thing they don't have to study the nostrils on this prehistoric rat that weighed 13 pounds and was featured in a recent NY Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/scienc
At an estimated 13 pounds, a giant rat that may have lived as recently as 1,000 years ago was bigger than any previously known.
Nikon Small World Did you know that a silkworm spins, depending on breed, between hundreds of meters to over a kilometer of continuous silk fiber to generate a cocoon for protection and permit the development of the pupa? It's true. Check out an image of the amazing silkworm here: http://bit.ly/chkiN8
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Ian C. Walker - Silkworm trachea
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Photosynthetic algae have been found inside the cells of a vertebrate for the first time, specifically salamander. See this recent article from Nature: http://bit.ly/8YfdR9
See our similar winning image from 2009:
Nikon Small World Some fun facts about Arabidopsis thaliana, aka thale cress: 1) It is a popular model organism in plant biology and genetics. 2) Its genome was the first plant genome to be sequenced. 3) Its image also captured first place in 2009 http://bit.ly/9oHzdz
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Dr. Heiti Paves - Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) anther
Akkireddy Prakash Naidu Nid
wow.the unseen ................................details.
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A recent article in Science Magazine on genetically identical cells is really fascintating: http://bit.ly/amUKZ7.
After you read it, check out some similar images in our gallery like this one: http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/gallery/y
Adele J. Vincent - Cortical neurons (brain cells) of an embryonic rat
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Some scientists say that the mouse/rat brain shares fundamental designs with the human brain. Here's a look at a mouse brain stem: http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/gallery/y
Dr. Jean Livet - “Brainbow” mouse brain stem with auditory pathway axons
American Museum of Science and Energy Have you checked out the Nikon Small World exhibit? If not this is the final week of its showing. The exhibit will be up through Sunday.
Nikon Small World Exhibit Ends Aug 8
August 4 at 5:23am
Nikon Small World The study of rats in order to understand primate cognition has become more prevalent. We may be able to learn from images such as this: http://bit.ly/dt1rMX
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Thomas Deerinck - Rat cerebellum
Nikon Small World Check out this @NatureNews piece on the stress facing ocean greenery. It features a Small World image from Karl Bruun http://bit.ly/9dErvk
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Nikon Small World In December of 1960, the helium-neon laser was developed. This image from 1988 shows a plastic clad fiber optic pumped by a helium-neon laser: http://bit.ly/bEwBgY
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George Watchmaker - Tip of plastic clad fiber optic pumped by helium-neon laser
Nikon Small World This year marks 50 years since the laser was introduced by Theodore H. Maiman in Malibu, Calif. Its use has come a long way, as evidenced by this image taken with a 3-laser confocal microscope: http://bit.ly/cRIP9Y
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Charles J. Kazilek - Lomandra longifolia (Spiny-headed mat rush)
