Special Award Winner: The new technique of Optical Projection Tomography enables stained whole embryos and small pieces of tissue to reveal internal structures without the need for cutting sections, as shown here on this mouse embryo
Crystals of oxidised Vitamin C
Colour-enhanced image of red blood cells
Villi from the human small intestine
Liquid crystal seen under polarised light
Colon cancer cells growing in a dish
Internal structure of an HIV particle
A clump of prostate cancer cells.
A clump of breast cancer cells.
Colour-enhanced image of a single breast cancer cell
A carpet of red blood cells clearly showing their typical biconcave disc shape
A molecular model showing all the different molecules
clipped from: www.guardian.co.uk 
