Microscopic wonders captured in Nikon Small World competition | ABC NEWS

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Winners have been announced for Nikon's 2026 Small World in Motion competition, where entrants captured extraordinary and beautiful moments of life through the microscope. The top spot was taken by Dr Ning Xu's video of tiny hair-like structures fluttering in the airways of a child with a rare genetic disease. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-09-17/tiny-cells-and-creatures-dazzle-in-microscopic-video-competition/107158464 Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia #abcnewschannel

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