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Incredible Video of Lung Cell Cilia

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Stella Raine Chu, NY Times 9/17/26: Microscopic Videos That Show the Invisible Wonders Around Us

“The winners of this year’s Nikon Small World in Motion competition showcase the wiggly, feathery, undulating beauty of invisible life.” In total, there are seven short videos featured.

1st place: Abnormal beating of airway cilia from a child with a disease called primary ciliary dyskinesia. Cilia are about 1/100th the width of a human hair.

Addendum: **A reader’s comment notes that the winning entry is ” being re-evaluated following criticism from other scientists that it was made with AI.” Here is an article from the BBC on this: Link: Tiny image sparks big backlash in Nikon photo contest