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Research is Beautiful

Our Research is beautiful image campaign highlights images that showcase your research – from your science, to the people in your lab and everything that surrounds it.
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Tibia polarised

After a difficult time picking a winner, here are a few of our top picks from the rest of February's entries. After a difficult time picking a winner, here are a few of our top picks from the rest of February's entries.

by Phil Prime | In depth | 21 March 2025

21 March 2025

This entry is part 13 of 13 in the series Research is Beautiful
8 Cell STED

Our Research is Beautiful campaign continues to inspire with some fantastic images, but there has to be a winner, and here’s February’s… Our Research is Beautiful campaign continues to inspire with some fantastic images, but there has to be a winner, and here’s February’s…

by Phil Prime | In depth | 13 March 2025

13 March 2025

This entry is part 12 of 13 in the series Research is Beautiful
spatial transcriptomics

Our Research is Beautiful campaign continues to inspire with some fantastic images, but there has to be a winner, and here’s January’s… Our Research is Beautiful campaign continues to inspire with some fantastic images, but there has to be a winner, and here’s January’s…

by Phil Prime | In depth | 3 February 2025

3 February 2025

This entry is part 11 of 13 in the series Research is Beautiful
This entry is part 10 of 13 in the series Research is Beautiful
This entry is part 9 of 13 in the series Research is Beautiful
Winner

Drum roll please! For the first time, our winner is not just one image, but a colourful trio capturing the wonder of cancer research.  Drum roll please! For the first time, our winner is not just one image, but a colourful trio capturing the wonder of cancer research. 

by Phil Prime | In depth | 2 October 2024

2 October 2024

This entry is part 8 of 13 in the series Research is Beautiful
Super-resolution 3D bile ducts

After a difficult time picking a winner, here are a few of our top picks from the rest of August’s entries. After a difficult time picking a winner, here are a few of our top picks from the rest of August’s entries.

by Cancer Research UK | In depth | 18 September 2024

18 September 2024

This entry is part 7 of 13 in the series Research is Beautiful
Neural crest cells

After an absolute bumper crop of entries to our Research is Beautiful campaign – we have our August winner! After an absolute bumper crop of entries to our Research is Beautiful campaign – we have our August winner!

by Phil Prime | In depth | 4 September 2024

4 September 2024

This entry is part 6 of 13 in the series Research is Beautiful
Research is beautiful

With entries to our Research is Beautiful campaign as inspiring as ever, it's been a tough job for our judges – but here we have our July winner! With entries to our Research is Beautiful campaign as inspiring as ever, it's been a tough job for our judges – but here we have our July winner!

by Phil Prime | In depth | 30 July 2024

30 July 2024

This entry is part 5 of 13 in the series Research is Beautiful
3D-bioprinted Tumour

After some very strong entries to our Research is Beautiful campaign – we have our June winner! After some very strong entries to our Research is Beautiful campaign – we have our June winner!

by Phil Prime | In depth | 3 July 2024

3 July 2024

This entry is part 4 of 13 in the series Research is Beautiful
Image of note

Check out a few of our top picks from May's entries to our Research is Beautiful campaign... Check out a few of our top picks from May's entries to our Research is Beautiful campaign...

by Phil Prime | In depth | 25 June 2024

25 June 2024

This entry is part 3 of 13 in the series Research is Beautiful
This entry is part 2 of 13 in the series Research is Beautiful