Check out this year’s winners of the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition: stunning images of nature under a microscope. Above is the entry that won first place, Dr. Heiti Paves’s photo of the anther (pollen-bearing part) of a thale cress plant. [NYT]

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University of Virginia biomedical engineer Kevin Janes investigates how cells “make decisions” for good or ill. His research could lead to new ways to diagnose, prevent and treat cancers.

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Ellis Meng is working hard to save people’s sight using a method that gets away from painful, risky injections.

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From helping to conquer deadly diseases to possibly enabling the paralyzed to regain use of their limbs, biomedical engineers apply quantitative solutions to medical problems. Their work can range from diagnostic tools and therapies to artificial organs and prosthetics.

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Rebecca Richards-Kortum sees the engineer in everyone. It’s one way this Rice University professor of bioengineering helps undergraduates in many disciplines create solutions to global health problems.

She leads a program called Beyond Traditional Borders, which allows students to tackle specific challenges faced by health care providers in developing countries.

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