Nikon Announces Winners of 14th Small World in Motion Microscopy Competition

The competition highlights stunning microscopic videos, with a fruit fly embryo's mitotic waves taking first place.

Bruno Vellutini of the Max Planck Institute won first place for capturing synchronized cell divisions in a fruit fly embryo.
Jay McClellan's video of water droplets evaporating from a peacock butterfly's wing scales secured second place.
Dr. Jiaxing Li's third-place video showcased a central nervous system cell in the spinal cord of a zebrafish.
The fourth-place entry by researchers from the University of Barcelona depicted friction transitions in microtubule-based active liquid crystals.
Quinten Geldhof earned fifth place with his video of a baby tardigrade riding a nematode, highlighting the resilience of these microscopic creatures.