Cool Science image competition: the best photos and videos from the world of science

For the sixth year in a row, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been holding a competition for the best materials, photos and videos, from the world of science. From a series of shots and videos, the jury selects the top 10 images and 2 videos. Winners of 2016 are now known.

Among the images recognized as the best are photos of lakes from satellites, the passage of a chemical signal through the cells of tissues and other materials.


The immune response of the body. No, this is not the work of impressionist artists. This is a reaction of the human immune system, where antibodies and proteins of the immune system can be seen in a small piece of human tissue.
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And this is the mouth of the tick. In the photo - with a hypostom, a tick growing in a tick, cropped with hooks, which serves to attach the tick to an animal and help suck blood. Photo obtained using a scanning electron microscope.


No, these are not diamonds, but the laying of “Brown marble shielder” bug eggs on an aspen leaf. The insect larva is already selected from one of the eggs.


Lactose crystals. Here the crystals are in the oil. Photographed with a conventional microscope.


With the help of a camera made of ordinary aluminum jars, electrical tape and photosensitive paper, the author tracked the path of the Sun across the sky from the moment of the winter solstice to the moment of the summer solstice.


This is the “super moon”, the photo of which was received on September 27, 2015. Photo taken with Canon 7D DSLR and Orion 80 ED telescope.


Images of Madison Lakes taken with the AVIRIS (Airborne Visible and Infrared Imaging Spectrometer) spacecraft. as we see, here all the colors of the rainbow. Colors characterize the various properties of lake water, including depth, algae concentration, and more.


And this picture demonstrates the success of scientists in the fight against cancer. Experts have learned to color tumor cells, leaving normal, healthy cells intact.


The circulatory system of the brain fry fish Danio-rerio.


And this is a snapshot of the Texas persimmon xylem. Xylem (wood) - the main water-conducting tissue of terrestrial vascular plants; one of the two subtypes of the conductive tissue of plants, along with phloem - bast.


Signal transmission in the body of an African frog with calcium ions. Calcium ion mediates a variety of cellular reactions, including secretory processes and proliferation.


The hurricane, the image of which was obtained using the satellite GOES-14.

It is clear that this is not all materials that could be assessed. But all the same, the competition is very interesting, and the photos and videos presented on it have much greater scientific value than artistic, so to speak.