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in Italia

Presentazione

Regolamento

Giuria

Contatti

Vincitori

Premiazione

These are the finalists for WSC2023 in Italy.

The awards ceremony was on March 22, 2024, at the "Dario Nobili" Library, Bologna, Italy.

This country-level selection had a specific national organizer and a national coordination page. 518 files were submitted by 85 uploaders. For information about the awards ceremony click here.

Jury

• the selection was performed directly, with no tool.
• coordinator: Alessandro Marchetti (with Mascha Stroobant)
• the jurors were provided by a national jury, structured in a 2nd-level and 1st-livel sub-juries:

• the selection lasted from 2024-01-10 to 2024-02-25.
• the results were published on 2024-02-27.

Finalists

People in science

1st national finalist		2nd national finalist
Student working on the identification of the plants and their coverage using the square technique. Giulia Castiglioni and Elena Prudente National winner		Some students work at the liquid tower experiment to explain density in the science lab at Collegio Rotondi (Italy). Silviaelzi and Stefano Ruccia

3rd national finalist		4th national finalist
Pelagia noctiluca aligned with one sub. Federico Stefanelli		Colony of Antipathella Subpinnata (Black Coral) at -57 m in Favignana. Rcaravit

5th national finalist		6th national finalist
Vacuum arc-melting is a rapid and efficient melting process for production of metallic small samples with a relevant chemical homogeneity . Sofia Gambaro, Giovanna Canu, Francesca Cirisano, CNR-ICMATE This file was added by the second-level jury		Some students explore the human body, in the science lab at Collegio Rotondi (Italy) . Silvia Elzi This file was added by the second-level jury

Microscopy images

1st national finalist		2nd national finalist
Microcrystals of Acetylsalicylic acid under an optical microscope at 60x between linear polarizing filters . Piero Stroppa. National winner		photomicrography of Cymbella peraspera diatom, from a sample taken on 2022-11-15 in Valle dei Mulini, Vicenza, Italy . ExaVolt

3rd national finalist		4th national finalist
Detail of the oral membranelles of Euplotes vanleeuwenhoeki under a scanning electron microscope . V.Serra		A cell culture (COS-7) colored with phalloidin-fitc (phalloidin conjugated to fluorescein diluted in PBS). Bioguy10

5th national finalist		6th national finalist
Image was taken with an optical microscope at 40x of two conidiophores of Aspergillus niger, formed by a globose vesicle. Chiara Marraccini		Microcrystals of Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) under an optical microscope at 60x between linear polarizing filters . Piero Stroppa

7th national finalist
Two Strontium Titanate (SrTiO3) dendritic crystals. Maria Teresa Buscaglia

Non-photographic media

1st national finalist		2nd national finalist
Picture of the diocotron instability in a pure antiproton plasma. The picture is taken by letting the antiparticles annihilate on a microchannel plate with a camera. Rcaravit National winner		Kelvin-Helmoltz instability in a pure antimatter plasma. Rcaravit

3rd national finalist		4th national finalist
Plasma vortices produced by the Kelvin-Helmoltz instability as a electron-antiproton plasma reaches equilibrium. Rcaravit		Video of Lacrymaria sp. which preys on Paramecium aurelia. V.Serra

5th national finalist
Hermit crab locomotion on rocks in an intertidal environment. Fabio Brambilla This file cannot be sent for the international selection because it's uploaded by a local organizer

Image sets

1st national finalist		2nd national finalist
Microbial Collection. Cell culture plates researched in foods. Bacterial development occurs after plating in agar, solid soil rich in nutrients, after 24-48 hours of incubation at temperatures of 25-30 degrees , the bacterial cells become visible for their identification . Stefania Rizzelli National winner		Small gastropod mollusks with very bright colors in the low Adriatic Sea. Federico Stefanelli Special winner (see below)

3rd national finalist		4th national finalist
Sealife in Mar Piccolo, Taranto. Giuseppe Denti complete set can be seen here		Pictures taken with a microchannel plate and a camera of an annulus of pure antiprotons in trap decays in a short time through the Kelvin-Helmoltz instability. Rcaravit

5th national finalist		6th national finalist
The cliff of Soprasasso, composed of quartzose-feldspathic sandstones belonging to the Antognola Formation. Elena Tartaglione sets of images reconstructed by the organizers.		A sequence of photos aimed at showcasing the vast diversity among pollinating insects. Federico Stefanelli

7th national finalist
A cell culture (COS-7) colored with Phalloidin-FITC. Bioguy10

Wildlife and nature

1st national finalist		2nd national finalist
Thomisus onustus using camouflage to capture his prey. Maurizio Carlini National winner		Nudibranch gastropod Orienthella trilineata in Otranto, Lecce . Federico Stefanelli

3rd national finalist		4th national finalist
Closeup of a Savalia Savaglia soft coral colony. Rcaravit		Bee in flight on flower (Viburnum lantana) loaded with pollen . Matteo Valerio

5th national finalist		6th national finalist
Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia or Speotyto cunicularia) in Rio Grande do Sul. Lucas Tabaschek		Jumping spider with green eyes. Molox89

7th national finalist
A bee at work in the hive. Cesare Barillà

Astronomy

1st national finalist		2nd national finalist
LDN1355, known as “The Helping Hand”, located in the constellation Cassiopeia. Gianni.lacroce National winner		Horsehead Nebula IC434 and Flame Nebula NGC2024 . Gianni.lacroce

3rd national finalist		4th national finalist
Wolf's Cave Nebula lbn 528 . Gianni.lacroce		Giove Io & Ganimede - La meravigliosa danza dei satelliti.jpg. Astrokoko

5th national finalist
Periodic comet 62P/Tsuchinshan on December 24th 2023, one day before perihelion. C messier

General category

1st national finalist		2nd national finalist
Petri dish containing DRBC culture medium for the growth of yeasts and molds in foods and environmental samples. Chiara Marraccini National winner		Nineteenth-century collection of Italian oils probably collected by Antonio Stoppani, exhibited in the Civic Museum of Natural Sciences in Milan. Fabio Brambilla This file cannot be sent for the international selection because it's uploaded by a local organizer

3rd national finalist		4th national finalist
Enumeration and detection of aerobic mesophilic bacteria grown on Plate Count Agar (PCA) for microbiological analysis of food. Chiara Marraccini		Small experiment on the extraction of DNA from a banana. Marcogrimaldi13

5th national finalist		6th national finalist
Quartzose-feldspathic sandstones at the cliff of Soprasasso. Elena Tartaglione		Bacterial culture in Blood Agar. Gianluco

7th national finalist
Russian research vessel Akademik Tryoshnikov at the Mertz Glacier in Eastern Antarctica. Giuseppe Suaria

Special prize "Marine Sciences"

Special Winner
Small gastropod mollusks with very bright colors in the low Adriatic Sea. Federico Stefanelli Special winner

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