Alien beauty wins Small Word prize

18:19 23 October 2012

The Nikon Small World prize has recognised microscope photography at its very best since 1974, rewarding scientist photographers for showing the world its tiniest pieces. Here are our favourites from this year's competition. Joanna Carver

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This iridescent tangle is the blood-brain barrier, which separates blood and brain fluid, in a live zebrafish embryo. Zebrafish can be seen in a household aquarium near you and only grow to about 6 centimetres long, but have similar brain chemistry to humans. It won Jennifer Peters and Michael Taylor of St Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, the first prize.

(Image: Jennifer Peters and Michael Taylor/Nikon Small World)

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