Posted on April 04, 2025
For over 50 years, the Nikon Small World Competition has showcased stunning microscope imagery. As the April 30, 2025 deadline nears, we revisit highlights from the 2024 competition.
Posted on March 25, 2025
Nikon invites global submissions to its 2025 Small World Photomicrography Competition. Enter up to three microscope images or videos by April 30 for a chance at $3,000, media exposure, and international recognition.
Posted on March 14, 2025
2025 marks a century since Nikon introduced its first microscope, the JOICO. To celebrate, Nikon has launched an interactive exhibit at ARTIS-Micropia in Amsterdam, blending its 100-year legacy with the 50th anniversary of Nikon Small World’s stunning imagery through the microscope.
Posted on December 16, 2024
Nature has recognized Sherif Abdallah Ahmed Image of Distinction from the 2024 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition among the year’s best science images.
Posted on November 11, 2024
The November 2024 cover of Nature Methods features a fluorescence image of a mouse small intestine section captured by Dr. Amy Engevik of the Medical University of South Carolina, which won 4th place in this year’s Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.
Posted on October 30, 2024
To recognize the more than 360,000 people who will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2024, Nikon Instruments conducted an interview with 2023 Small World winner Malgorzata Lisowska.
Posted on October 18, 2024
The Nikon Small World 2025 Calendar is printed in full color on semi-gloss paper and spiral bound for mounting on the wall. Order your calendar today and we'll send you a second one at no cost!
Posted on October 17, 2024
Celebrating its golden anniversary, Nikon Small World honors a stunning photo of brain tumor cell structures, advancing our understanding of neurodegenerative diseases.
Posted on September 17, 2024
Detailing the intricate process of early embryogenesis, this year’s winning video provides insights into fundamental biological processes with far-reaching implications.
Posted on May 23, 2024
Nikon Instruments Inc. announced the judging panel for the 2024 Nikon Small World photomicrography and Small World in Motion video competitions, to be held June 4–6 at the Marine Biological Lab (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
Posted on April 20, 2024
2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.
Posted on April 19, 2024
The deadline for both the 2024 Nikon Small World Photomicrography and Small World in Motion competitions is coming up on April 30th for scientists and photomicrographers to submit their images and videos taken through the light microscope.
Posted on March 01, 2024
For 50 years, the Nikon Small World Competition has captivated audiences across the globe with scientific marvels and artistic imagery captured under the microscope. As we approach the April 30th deadline for the 2024 competition, we can’t help but reflect on the exciting buzz and newsworthy features that recent Photomicrography Competitions have generated.
Posted on November 02, 2023
The Nikon Small World 2024 Calendar is printed in full color on semi-gloss paper and spiral bound for mounting on the wall. Order your calendar today and we'll send you a second one at no cost!
Posted on October 23, 2023
Nikon Europe B.V. is supporting a microscopy exhibition at the Rijksmuseum Boerhaave: ‘Unimaginable: How Antoni van Leeuwenhoek discovered the microworld’, by providing images from the Nikon Small World gallery to feature in the exhibition and to be used in an interactive game for student visitors.
Posted on October 17, 2023
The 2023 first place image showcases a debilitating and prevalent complication of diabetes.
Posted on September 26, 2023
With the potential to better understand neurodevelopmental disorders, this year’s Nikon Small World in Motion winning video has universal applications
Posted on May 30, 2023
Nikon Instruments Inc. today announced the judging panel for the 2023 Nikon Small World photomicrography and Small World in Motion video competitions, to be held June 6–8 at the Marine Biological Lab (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
Posted on April 26, 2023
The deadline for both the 2023 Nikon Small World Photomicrography and Small World in Motion competitions is coming up on April 30th for scientists and photomicrographers to submit their images and videos taken through the light microscope.
Posted on November 01, 2022
The Nikon Small World 2023 Calendar is printed in full color on semi-gloss paper and spiral bound for mounting on the wall. Order your calendar today and we'll send you a second one at no cost!
Posted on October 11, 2022
This year’s first place prize was awarded to Grigorii Timin, supervised by Dr. Michel Milinkovitch at the University of Geneva, for his remarkable image of an embryonic hand of a Madagascar giant day gecko.
Posted on September 13, 2022
This year’s Nikon Small World in Motion winning video showcases the developmental processes and evolutionary changes in a zebrafish
Posted on May 24, 2022
The judging panel will review thousands of microscopy submissions from across the globe to select this year’s winners.
Posted on September 13, 2021
Nikon Instruments Inc. today unveiled the winners of the 47th annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition. This year’s first place prize was awarded to Jason Kirk for his striking image of a southern live oak leaf’s trichomes, stomata and vessels.
Posted on August 17, 2021
Now in its 11th year, Nikon’s Small World in Motion competition has made these phenomena, and more, visible—collected from microscopes around the world.
Posted on August 16, 2021
Nikon Small World in Motion 2021 winning video shows the symbiotic relationship between termites and microscopic microfauna.
Posted on May 05, 2021
Five expert judges will evaluate entries from around the world to select this year’s winning microscopy images and movies.
Posted on February 19, 2021
On Friday, February 12, The Wistar Institute hosted a virtual Nikon Small World event highlighting the intersection between science and art through photomicrography featuring the authors of three winning images from the 2020 Nikon Small World photomicrography competition.
Posted on February 15, 2021
On Wednesday, February 10, 2021, microscopist, geologist and former Nikon Small World winner, Julian Gray, conducted a Facebook Live presentation where he discussed his photomicrographs and imaging process (via Tellus Science Museum, Cartersville, Georgia).
Posted on February 11, 2021
On Friday, February 12th, the Wistar Institute is hosting free, live virtual event covering the role of microscopy in the pursuit of art and science and celebrating the winning images from this year's Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.
Posted on December 16, 2020
The Business Insider team sat down with several winners to get a better understanding of their entries that are not only eye-catching but groundbreaking in the scientific community.
Posted on October 27, 2020
Popular Science features 2020 Small World winning images in a "guess the image" game.
Posted on October 22, 2020
A mix of scientists and hobbyists made Scientific American's top picks from the 2020 Nikon Small World contest.
Posted on October 21, 2020
The Nikon Small World 2021 Calendar is printed in full color on semi-gloss paper and spiral bound for mounting on the wall.
Posted on October 15, 2020
The 2020 Winners are a stunning collection of things only visible under a microscope and familiar things that look completely different under a microscope.
Posted on October 14, 2020
Now in its 46th year, the competition generated thousands of entries worldwide in 2020, and a judging panel of scientists, photographers, and journalists chose 20 winners, announced today.
Posted on October 13, 2020
Glowing brains, fish embryos and a snail tongue taste success in microscopy photo contest.
Posted on October 13, 2020
The colorful snapshot gives viewers an inside look at the zebrafish’s skeleton, lymphatic vessels.
Posted on September 15, 2020
The video by Kazi Fazle Rabbi and Dr. Xiao Yan captures a phenomenon that often goes unnoticed but impacts many aspects of our lives: condensation and its impact on energy efficiency
Posted on September 10, 2020
In this article, you’ll meet the members of the 2020 judging panel who lent their expertise and opinions (virtually, for the first time in the competition’s history) to evaluate and choose which of this year’s submissions would make it to the winner’s circle.
Posted on May 21, 2020
The expert judges will evaluate thousands of microscopy entries from around the world to choose a select group of winners.
Posted on March 24, 2020
All of us here on the Nikon Small World team want to send best wishes for health and strength to our Small World community during this difficult time. We realize that a scientific imaging photo competition might be the last thing on all of our minds, but we hope, if for nothing else, that it can offer a brief diversion and maybe even acts as a source of inspiration to the artists and scientists who participate as well as to the many who enjoy viewing the images.
Posted on January 22, 2020
Nikon Small World would like to acknowledge the passing of an icon in the world of scientific imaging, Dr. Douglas Murphy.
Posted on January 06, 2020
The Nikon Small World 2019 Calendar is printed in full color on semi-gloss paper and spiral bound for mounting on the wall.
