The 2005 competition

Here you find the winning photographs of the 2005 "Images of Research" competition in the categories "Fascination of Research", "Faces of Research", the winner of the audience prize and the shortlist, a selection of the best photos submitted in 2005. To view a larger version of the photographs, please click on the picture in question.


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Marc Steinmetz / VISUM, Fotograf

Metrologist Dr. Arnold Nicolaus seeks a new definition for the kilogram. For this purpose, he has developed this silicon monocrystal sphere of one kilogram in mass, polished exactly to about 60 nm. Using laser interferometry, the sphere is measured exactly to calculate the number of atoms of which it is composed.

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