15 stunning pictures from the Engineering and Physical Sciences competition you need to see

8 months ago

Stunning images of microscopic brain cells, mating leaf frogs and a robot teacher are among the finalists in the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Photography Competition.

The winning entry, by Diana Craik at the University of Oxford, shows a micro-fabricated chip in a quantum computer.

A photograph of neurological connections between developing brain cells, which could help stem cell research to treat Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases, won second place.

An “iCub” humanoid robot playing with a baby and a pair of endangered Costa Rican lemur leaf frogs are among the other finalists.

Here’s the full array of pictures…

1. This layer of Titanium dioxide caught the eye

2. And this quantum computer chip was the winner

3. These endangered Costa Rican lemur leaf frogs cycle between those two colours on a daily basis

4. Guess what this is?… Sub-micron particles on a human tooth

5. That’s an oscillating microbubble

6. These London underground workers won second place in the People category

7. This is what developing brain cells look like…

8. A micro-metal flower won third place in Weird and Wonderful

9. That’s a ‘spike’ wave, created by combing over 2000 waves into a central focus

10. This is no ordinary plasma column, it’s one million degrees Celsius…

11. Light-matter interaction using a high-finesse optical ring cavity and cold atoms

12. A glimpse into the future…

13. A viscoelastic jet of rotating liquid, the winner of Weird and Wonderful

14. Children welcome earthquake engineering researchers in Nepal

15. Engineering student Karen Yu working on the ultra-precise ultrafast laser system