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Here are some stellar picks from Nikon’s top microscopy images of 2024

The annual Small World photomicrography competition magnifies nature’s smallest details

Green tendrils connect puffs of green and magenta of various sizes against a black background

This image of mouse brain tumor cells, shown at 100 times magnification, displays the actin (white) that gives the cells shape and the microtubules (green) that move organelles around cells.

Bruno Cisterna and Eric Vitriol

By Erin Garcia de Jesús

With the snap of a camera shutter — and a handy microscope — what was once small can become grand.

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A closeup peek at mouse brain tumor cells has won first place in the 2024 Nikon Small World photomicrography competition.