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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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megakaryocytes

Our Research is Beautiful image competition continues to inspire with some fantastic entries – here’s the successful image for April! Our Research is Beautiful image competition continues to inspire with some fantastic entries – here’s the successful image for April!

by Phil Prime | In depth | 27 April 2026

27 April 2026

This entry is part 17 of 17 in the series Research is Beautiful
ASTROCYTES

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

by Phil Prime | In depth | 15 April 2026

15 April 2026

This entry is part 16 of 17 in the series Research is Beautiful
Endothelial cells

Our relaunched Research is Beautiful image competition continues to inspire with some fantastic entries – here’s the successful image for March! Our relaunched Research is Beautiful image competition continues to inspire with some fantastic entries – here’s the successful image for March!

by Cancer Research UK | In depth | 25 March 2026

25 March 2026

This entry is part 15 of 17 in the series Research is Beautiful
Image competition

Help us celebrate the beauty of your science in our Research is Beautiful image competition – send your images and be in with a chance of winning £100 in book token Help us celebrate the beauty of your science in our Research is Beautiful image competition – send your images and be in with a chance of winning £100 in book token

by Cancer Research UK | In depth | 25 February 2026

25 February 2026

This entry is part 14 of 17 in the series Research is Beautiful
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 17 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 17 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 17 in the series Research is Beautiful
This entry is part 10 of 17 in the series Research is Beautiful
This entry is part 9 of 17 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 17 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 17 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 17 in the series Research is Beautiful