5 scientific photos won prizes in 2005

By high technology, scientists have captured very vivid images in the scientific world, from cancer cells to a salt crystal. Here are 5 science photos that won the first prize in 2005.

1. Salt pepper:

First prize in the photo category The photo was taken by researcher David McCarthy at London School of Pharmacy with the desire to understand the structure of things close to us in everyday life. He used an electron microscope to take this photo: a sea of ​​salt and a dry pepper.

2. Paracetamol crystals:

First prize in Art category. With the use of extremely large magnification cameras, Spike Walker caught the moment when the crystals of paracetamol (pain reliever) dissolved into the water. The black triangles on the outer border have been covered by a flat surface to create space for enlarged drug crystals.

3. Origin:

First prize in the category of Thought Photo. To illustrate panspermism (believing that life originates from extraterrestrial seeds), Cambridge University's John Brackenbury has assembled a series of images at extremely high speeds. The picture depicts the movement of an egg falling from the air, hitting the water surface, breaking the couple and creating smaller eggs.

4. Movement of cancer cells:

First prize genre Photo medicine and life. The picture depicts the movement of cancer cells while it passes through a membrane filter in the laboratory. Like David McCarthy, to get this picture, Anne Watson had to resort to electron microscopy.

5. Lizard fish and shrimp:

First prize in the category of scientific photos. At first glance, it seems like a small shrimp is a prey for the lizard fish but it is actually a symbiotic form when shrimp is doing the "worthwhile" task for the fish. Exceeding more than 2,200 other entries, the Lizard and shrimp fish taken by Jim Greenfield in Antilles have won the first prize.

KINH LUAN