Science is beautiful: results
On June 25, the results of the photo contest "Science is beautiful!" were summed up in the hall of the Collegium of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and a solemn ceremony of awarding the winners, who came from all over Russia, took place.
The competition was held from May 1 to April 30 on the initiative of the publication "Science and Technology of Russia – STRF.ru " together with the Park-Media company, with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science, the Federal Agency for Science and Innovation, the Union of Photo Artists of Russia, the Photographer portal.Ru and many other organizations.
The purpose of the contest is to show that our science is not only unique developments and high achievements, but also thin, artfully woven matter – multidimensional threads of unique creative works.
It turns out that behind the gray walls of scientific institutes there is a beautiful and unusual world that everyone can see, thanks to the competition, for the second year in a row.
According to the organizers, both the quality and quantity of work were even higher than last year. Our scientists are creative people. This is evidenced by the magnificent photos sent by the contest participants.
More than 500 works from scientists, photographers, students and even schoolchildren came to the competition. The photos vividly demonstrate the beauty of our world: a dewdrop at sunset, the magical world of the cage, ice crystals on the window, a winged mollusk, a nuclear power plant. This is only a small part of the world that the participants who sent their works to the competition wanted to show.
For an authoritative jury, which included representatives of the world of science, art, business, and the state, it was difficult to choose the most worthy works among such a variety. After a long vote, the winners were 14 participants whose works, in addition to artistic aesthetics, were distinguished by originality and sophistication of scientific thought.
Within the framework of the competition, the following nominations were announced: "The world hidden from our eyes", "Science means development". In addition, two special nominations were announced – "Aesthetics in Hardware" (nomination of NT-MDT, Russia's leading manufacturer of devices for research in the nanometer range) and "Audience Award", the winner of which was chosen by voting on the website www.strf.ru .
In the nomination "The world hidden from our eyes"
The FIRST PLACE was awarded to Elena Kiseleva, Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk for a series of photographs "The Magical world of the cell".
THE SECOND PLACE was awarded to Anna Reutova, Institute of Electrophysics of the Ural Federal District of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Electronic Accelerators, Yekaterinburg for the work "Voltage patterns"
THE third place was awarded to three participants:
Semenov Alexander, Belomorskaya Biological Station named after N.A. Pertsov, village Moscow, MO for a series of photographs "The Underwater world of the White Sea".
Anastasia Tyurina, Moscow State Institute of Electronic Technology, Moscow, for the work "Rose, Seeds".
Sergey Arkhipov, Scientific Center of Clinical and Experimental Medicine SB RAMS, Novosibirsk for the work "To see the invisible in the invisible".
In the nomination "Science means development"
The FIRST PLACE according to the results of the jury voting was not awarded to anyone
THE SECOND PLACE was awarded to Tamara Sysoeva, Lebedev FIAN, Moscow for a picture taken during the next expedition to Antarctica: "Sphere in Antarctica".
The third place was shared by two participants:
Mikhail Dulin, Institute of Biology of Komi NC UrO RAS, Syktyvkar for the work "Progress".
Gaisina Lira Ufa, Bashkiria Department of Botany, Bioecology and Landscape Design of Bashkir State Pedagogical University named after M.Akmulla for the work "Evolution"
Elena Kiseleva received the audience Award in the nomination "The World hidden from our eyes" for her work "Ball Lightning in a trap", which has already been awarded the prize for first place in the nomination "The World hidden from our eyes".
The Audience Award in the nomination "Science means development" was won by the work "Gigavolt" by Ivan Ivkov, Moscow Power Engineering Institute, Institute of Electrical Engineering.
In the category "Aesthetics in hardware"
The FIRST PLACE was awarded to the work "Nanofab 100 TTI SFU" by Oleg Ilyin, Institute of Technology of the Southern Federal University, Taganrog and Nikita Gusakov, Web Design Studio cCube.ru
The SECOND PLACE was given to the work "Scientific Impressionism" by the free photographer Maria Chorova.
The THIRD PLACE was awarded to Dmitry Bagrov, Department of Polymer and Crystal Physics, Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University for the work "Labyrinth of Reflections".
Konstantin Telegin's work "Frozen Moment" so impressed the jury members that a special nomination "The most shocking photo" was established for it.
The following publications provided informational support to the contest: "T3", "Young Technician", "Scientific Community", "Popular Mechanics", "Russian Electronic Nanojournal", "Russian Nanotechnologies", "DigitalPhoto", "Phototravel", "Russian ZOOM", "Presidential Adviser", "In the World of Science", "Infox", "Alliansmedia", "Nanometer", "Portal of Mechanical Engineering", "Biomolecule", Photokit.ru , Scholar.ru , Scipeople.ru , FotoDi.ru , Foundation "Eternal Youth", "Club of scientific journalists", "Planet of Education", "Informnauka", "NT-inform", "Trinity variant", newspaper "Action", Photorealm.ru , "Intellectual Property", "Energy security and Energy conservation", "Trade Union of RAS employees".
The contest participants expressed their gratitude to the organizers for the opportunity to show creative thinking in their work and announce their developments and discoveries in such an unusual manner. Many of them have been participating in the competition with great pleasure for the second year, and inspired by the scale of the event and intense rivalry, they are ready to continue the fight next year.
Editorial office of the publication "Science and Technology of Russia" – STRF.ru congratulates the winners of the contest and thanks everyone who took part in it.
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For the first time, the scientific photography contest "Science is Beautiful!" was held in Moscow in 2008 with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science, the Federal Agency for Science and Innovation and the Union of Photo Artists of Russia. The geography of the competition went beyond the Central region, the Northwest, the Volga region, Siberia, the Urals, the Far East, and the Republic of Belarus were covered. In total, the competition received more than 400 works from 90 participants. Within the framework of the competition, the following nominations were announced: "The world hidden from our eyes", "Science means development", "Innovation is not only a sonorous word!", "Aesthetics in hardware" (special nomination of NT–MDT), "Multi–scale world of structures" (special nomination of the company "SIAMS").
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