The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA) announced the winners of the 2025 CEDENNA Images Contest, a well-established science outreach initiative that aims to bring cutting-edge research in nanoscience and nanotechnology closer to the public through visual language. The awards ceremony was recently featured by the digital media outlet Portal Metropolitano, reinforcing the public impact of this project that combines science, art, and communication.
Following a rigorous evaluation process by a jury of seven researchers, three winning works were selected based on criteria of technical quality, creativity, and contribution to scientific dissemination. The award-winning images reveal structures and phenomena of the nanoworld, generally invisible to the human eye, transforming them into powerful visual pieces capable of arousing wonder and curiosity.
First Place was awarded to “Rock Art,” by Drs. Pedro Chana Cuevas and Patricia Díaz Saldívar; Second Place to “Violet,” by Victoria Flores del Pino and Dr. Patricia Díaz Saldívar; and Third Place to “Heading Towards the Neural Horizon,” by Fabián Araneda Martínez. Each work stands out for its ability to merge scientific rigor with an accessible and evocative visual narrative.
The winning images will be part of the CEDENNA 2026 Wall Calendar, the digital book “Images of the Nanoworld”, available for free download at www.cedenna.cl, and the traveling exhibition “Images of the Nanoworld”, which will tour various regions of Chile throughout 2026, bringing cutting-edge research to educational, cultural and community spaces across the country.
