See tiny organisms on show in microscopic video competition
Summary
Nikon holds an annual video contest showing tiny organisms under a microscope. The winning video showed tiny hair-like parts in a child’s airway, magnified 100 times, created by a researcher using special light techniques.Key Facts
- Nikon’s Small World In Motion contest invites global participants to submit microscopic videos.
- The winning video showed cilia (tiny hairs) in the airway of a child with a rare genetic illness.
- Dr. Ning Xu from Tsinghua University in China made the winning video using special colored light waves.
- Other entries included a roundworm meeting a single-celled organism and baby jellyfish in water droplets.
- Videos of glowing algae and a tiny sea slug also received special mentions.
- The contest celebrates microscopic life and time-lapse filming techniques.
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