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The 20 Small World Competition Finalists For 2018

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The Nikon International Small World Competition began all the way back in 1975. It was intended to recognize the efforts of those involved with photography through the light microscope. During the time since, it has become one of the world's leading showcases for photomicrography, and features images from the widest array of scientific disciplines. Here are this year's finalists and winners:

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20. Human Retina - Dr. Nicolas Cuenca & Isabel Ortuno-Lizaran

Technique: Immunocytochemistry and Confocal Microscopy

Magnification: 40x (objective lens magnification)

19. Asian hornet with venom on stinger - Pierre Anquet

Technique: Reflected Light, Focus Stacking

Magnification: 6.3x (objective lens magnification)

18. Amino acid crystals - Justin Zoll

Technique: Polarized Light, Image Tiling

Magnification: 4x (objective lens magnification)

17. Breast tissue in lactation - Caleb Dawson

Technique: 3D Confocal Microscopy

Magnification: 63x (objective lens magnification)

16. Mouse oviduct vasculature - Dr. Amanda D. Phillips Yzaguirre

Technique: Confocal

Magnification: 10x (objective lens magnification)

15. Mite on the back of a honeybee - Antoine Franck

Technique: Focus Stacking

Magnification: 1x (objective lens magnification)

14. African green monkey cell (COS-7) stained for actin and microtubules - Andrew Moore and Dr. Erika Holzbaur

Technique: Stimulated Emission Depletion (STED) Microscopy

Magnification: 100x (objective lens magnification)

13. Acorn barnacle - Charles B. Krebs

Technique: Autofluorescence

Magnification: 5x (objective lens magnification)

12. Butterfly wing scales - Luciano Andres Richino

Technique: Image Stacking

Magnification: 20x (objective lens magnification)

11. Human fibroblast dividing, showing actin (gray), myosin II (green) and DNA (magenta) - Nilay Taneja and Dr. Dylan Burnette

Technique: Structured Illumination Microscopy

Magnification: 60x (objective lens magnification)

10. Stalks with pollen grains - Dr. Csaba Pinter

Technique: Focus Stacking

Magnification: 3x (objective lens magnification)

9. Security hologram - Dr. Haris Antonopoulos

Technique: Darkfield Epi-illumination

Magnification: 10x (objective lens magnification)

8. Mango seed weevil - Pia Scanlon

Technique: Stereomicroscopy, Image Stacking

Magnification: 1x (objective lens magnification)

7. Human tear drop - Norm Baker

Technique: Darkfield

Magnification: 5x (objective lens magnification)

6. Central region of the retina - Hanen Khabou

Technique: Fluorescence

Magnification: 40x (objective lens magnification)

5. Spider embryo stained in different colors - Dr. Tessa Montague

Technique: Confocal

Magnification: 20x (objective lens magnification)

4. Peacock feather section - Can Tuncer

Technique: Focus Stacking

Magnification: 5x (objective lens magnification)

3. Spittlebug nymph in its bubble house - Saulius Gugis

Technique: Focus Stacking

Magnification: 5x (objective lens magnification)

2. Fern sorus - Rogelio Moreno Gill

Technique: Autofluorescence

Magnification: 10x (objective lens magnification)

1. Eye of a Metapocyrtus subquadrulifer beetle - Yousef Al Habshi

Technique: Reflected Light

Magnification: 20x (objective lens magnification); Content and image source

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