{"id":10352,"date":"2023-10-20T10:49:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T10:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/20\/striking-science-images-from-the-nikon-small-world-photo-2023-contest\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T10:49:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T10:49:32","slug":"striking-science-images-from-the-nikon-small-world-photo-2023-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/20\/striking-science-images-from-the-nikon-small-world-photo-2023-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Striking science images from the Nikon Small World Photo 2023 contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The venomous fangs of a tarantula, crystallized sugar syrup<strong> <\/strong>and the auto-fluorescing hairs on a leaf are among the top 20 images chosen for their science and artistry in Nikon\u2019s Small World Photo Microscopy Competition this year.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The contest, in its 49th year, gave its top prize to researcher Hassanain Qambari, assisted by Jayden Dickson, for their image of a rodent\u2019s optic nerve head in a web of vivid yellow, red and green, while studying diabetic retinopathy \u2013 an eye condition that can cause vision loss in people with diabetes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Qambari, who has been involved in researching diabetic retinopathy\u2019s early detection and reversal since 2021, said the competition allowed people to showcase \u201cthe beauty and artistic side of science which may otherwise get overlooked.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cSuch a competition not only celebrates the participant\u2019s hard work and passion but may also draw and inspire young scientists to pursue a career in STEM. It certainly inspired me,\u201d he said in a press release Tuesday.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Eric Flem, senior manager, CRM and communications at Nikon Instruments, added that he is \u201cconsistently awed\u201d by how advancements in scientific imaging technology make it \u201cpossible to create art out of science for the public to enjoy.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      This year\u2019s competition received nearly 1,900 entries from 72 countries, organizers said.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Coming in second place was Ole Bielfeldt for his depiction of a matchstick igniting by friction when struck against the surface of a box. In third place was Malgorzata Lisowska for her pink-hued picture of breast cancer cells.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      A selection of some of the top images selected by organizers can be viewed in the gallery above.  <\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The venomous fangs of a tarantula, crystallized sugar syrup and the auto-fluorescing hairs on a leaf are among the top 20 images chosen for their science and artistry in Nikon\u2019s Small World Photo Microscopy Competition this year. The contest, in its 49th year, gave its top prize to researcher Hassanain Qambari, assisted by Jayden Dickson, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10352","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}