Posted on October 30, 2014
Nikon Instruments, Inc. is pleased to reveal the winners of the 40th annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition, awarding first prize to Rogelio Moreno for capturing a rarely seen image of a rotifer’s open mouth interior and heart-shaped corona.
Posted on October 08, 2014
Mystery and beauty of aquatic microbes captured in two winning videos from Small World veteran
Posted on September 18, 2014
What Budding Yeast Can Tell Us about Individuality
Posted on August 05, 2014
Stop Motion Video Captures Hatching of 50 Spruce Budworms
Posted on July 02, 2014
Small Creature Provides Scientist Big Inspiration
Posted on May 16, 2014
Over the past 40 years, Nikon has hosted some of the most influential individuals from the scientific community and science journalism as judges for the annual competition.
Posted on April 23, 2014
The winning video shows a sequence of “virtual” slices through the whole embryo with 10 days of (in egg) gestation. With this technique, studying the whole anatomy of large specimens like this is possible.
Posted on February 13, 2014
Enter our Facebook sweepstakes for a chance to win a 2014 Nikon Small World calendar. One lucky winner will also be selected to win the grand prize – a Nikon COOLPIX P520 Digital Camera.
Posted on October 30, 2013
Nikon is pleased to reveal winners of the 2013 annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition, awarding first prize to longtime competitor Wim van Egmond of The Netherlands for his image Chaetoceros debilis (marine diatom).
Posted on June 12, 2013
Panel includes esteemed individuals working in the scientific community and science journalism.
Posted on May 17, 2013
An in-depth look at one of the 2013 Nikon Small World in Motion winning movies.
Posted on May 03, 2013
What does a mosquito look like in extreme close-up? The Wall Street Journal features selected images from the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.
Posted on April 15, 2013
April 30th is the deadline to submit images for the 39th annual Nikon Small World competition, as well as the 3rd annual Nikon Small World in Motion contest.
Posted on March 19, 2013
Nikon Instruments is very excited to celebrate a big milestone this week as we reach 10,000 likes on our Small World Facebook page– and we couldn’t have done it without you.
Posted on January 22, 2013
Learn how the hidden world moves from National Geographic featuring Nikon Small World in Motion videos.
Posted on January 15, 2013
Competition Honors Top Time-Lapse Photography through a Microscope
Posted on January 09, 2013
Visit the Nikon Instruments Facebook page and enter our sweepstakes for a chance to win a 2013 Nikon Small World calendar. One lucky winner will also be selected to win the grand prize – a Nikon 1 Double Zoom Kit.
Posted on November 23, 2012
There’s an interesting story behind 10th Place winner Dr. Alvaro Migotto’s photomicrograph of a Ophiothela mirabilis (brittle star).
Posted on November 19, 2012
Printed in full color on 8.5 x 11 semi-gloss paper and spiral bound for mounting on the wall, the 2013 calendar features the stunning images taken by the winners of the 2012 Competition.
Posted on November 15, 2012
Congratulations to Esra Guc of Lausanne, Switzerland
Posted on November 05, 2012
The Nikon Small World Exhibit Tour makes a stop at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore, MD, running through January 27th 2013.
Posted on November 02, 2012
The Huffington Post displays a countdown of 2012’s top twenty winning photomicrographs.
Posted on November 01, 2012
Slideshow of selected Small World photomicrographs featured on Time’s Science & Space Website.
Posted on October 25, 2012
Like Nikon Small World on Facebook and join the conversation!
Posted on October 24, 2012
Wired Science shares their take on some of the 2012 Small World “tiny terrors.”
Posted on October 23, 2012
Nikon is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 Small World Photomicrography Competition, with this year’s top honors going to Dr. Jennifer Peters and Dr. Michael Taylor of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Posted on July 18, 2012
Dr. Liza Pon, a 2012 Nikon Small World judge, is featured on PBS Art: OFF BOOK.
Posted on June 15, 2012
The Nikon Small World exhibit tour makes a stop in New Jersey, at the Morris Art and Science Museum in Morristown.
Posted on June 07, 2012
The 2011 Nikon Small World exhibition opens on June 8 at the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Posted on May 25, 2012
Nikon Small World Exhibit Tour makes a stop at The Discovery Museum Science Center in Sacramento.
Posted on April 25, 2012
Panel features esteemed names in science and science journalism.
Posted on April 02, 2012
Images from the 2010 and 2011 Competition are presented in a beautiful 21 photo gallery on the Huffington Post’s “Healthy Living” website.
Posted on March 28, 2012
Deadline for both images and movies is April 30th.
Posted on March 26, 2012
Selected winning images from the 2011 Competition included as part of the “Invisible Worlds” exhibit on St. Andrews Square, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Posted on February 08, 2012
The winners of Nikon’s first ever Small World in Motion Competition were featured in a video segment on msnbc.com.
Posted on February 07, 2012
Top honors go to Anna Franz of the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology at the University of Oxford.
Posted on January 20, 2012
The Small World road show has begun, making stops at numerous museums and science centers.
Posted on January 03, 2012
The Small World Facebook page recently surpassed 6,000 ‘likes’ on Facebook!
Posted on December 01, 2011
The 2012 calendar features the stunning images taken by the winners of the 2011 Competition.
Posted on October 09, 2011
Charles Osgood shares a gallery from the winning pictures in Nikon’s 2011 “Small World” photomicrography competition.
Posted on October 04, 2011
32 Winners from the 2011 Competition are front and center in the In Focus section of The Atlantic’s website.
Posted on October 04, 2011
Dr. Igor Siwanowicz’s striking confocal image of a common green lacewing wowed the judges to capture first place in Small World’s 2011 Competition.
Posted on May 02, 2011
The 2011 panel includes esteemed names in science and science journalism.
Posted on March 11, 2011
Lars Bech, one of Small World’s most celebrated photomicrographers, passed away on March 9, 2011.
Posted on March 01, 2011
Call for entries deadline for both images and movies is April 30th.
Posted on December 24, 2010
CNN News Stream recently covered the 2010 Competition, focusing on first place winner Jonas King’s entry.
Posted on December 01, 2010
2011 wall calendar features the winners of the 2010 Small World Competition.
Posted on October 23, 2010
2010 Nikon Small World Winners were prominently displayed on yahoo.com and Yahoo’s Green site.
Posted on October 13, 2010
Winner Chosen by the Public in the Annual Microphotography Competition
Posted on October 13, 2010
Annual Competition Honors Top Photomicrographs from Around the World
Posted on October 12, 2010
Small World Winners To Be Announced On NBC’s Today Show
Posted on September 08, 2010
An item on Fox News online features Small World photomicrographs in an article on microscopic marine life.
Posted on September 08, 2010
Nikon Instruments would like to extend an invitation for all interested in science and the Nikon Small World Photo competition to choose their favorite image from the top 120 images.
Posted on June 24, 2010
Science Editor Betsy Mason covers Small World in an article for Wired.
Posted on April 30, 2010
For 36 years, the competition has featured some of the most esteemed names in science and science journalism on its judging panel.
Posted on March 24, 2010
Distinguished Competition Seeks Best Images Taken Through the Light Microscope
Posted on January 20, 2010
A Nobel Laureate, a scientist from Estonia and 20 breathtaking images captured under the microscope came together at The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia on January 7th to kick-off the 2010 Nikon Small World Exhibit tour.
Posted on January 08, 2010
A Nobel Laureate, a scientist from Estonia and 20 breathtaking images captured under the microscope came together at The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia on January 7th to kick-off the 2010 Nikon Small World Exhibit Tour.
