| Feb 12, 2013 |
Spider skin image captures Grand Prize in nanotechnology image contest |
| (Nanowerk News) FEI today announced that Maria Carbajo from the Universidad de Extemadura, Spain, is the winner of the FEI Image Contest for her “Spider Skin” image. |
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| Texture of the skin of a spider, with a hair root and brochosomes from a leafhopper preyed upon by the spider. Image acquired using the FEI Quanta™ DualBeam. |
| María's entry shows the texture of the skin of a spider, with a hair root and brochosomes from a leafhopper preyed upon by the spider. |
| FEI has partnered with National Geographic on a upcoming giant-screen movie, titled Mysteries of the Unseen World. Look for Spider Skin to be featured on the National Geographic website. |
| In 2012 FEI invited owners and users of FEI microscopes to submit their best nanoscale images for a chance to win great monthly prizes. From over 230 high-quality submissions FEI selected 16 monthly image winners to compete for the grand prize of two airline tickets to a United States destination. |
| Here are some other contest entries: |
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| Cupressus sempervirens pollen. (Courtesy of Riccardo Antonelli) |
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| Image of a live caterpillar. (Courtesy of Ken Bart) |
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| This image is a closeup of mouthparts of a final-instar larva of Ichneumonidae (endoparasitic Hymenoptera) removed from its host (caterpillar). We can see the mandibles with the remains of its last meal (parts of its host), a pair of maxillas and labium. (Courtesy of Luciana Fernandes) |
| Source: FEI |
