… our colleague Yamini Mittal, congratulations!

Her image “Bee Eco-Friendly” was selected as the most original idea among 180 competitors!
Your submission features an electron micrograph of a honeycomb-like, three-dimensional structure showing a small section of a Canna Indica plant processed into biochar. The real size of the enlarged image section is 0.01 mm. The plant has been successfully used by our engineers in constructed wetlands for many years. The stems of the plant, which are interspersed with capillaries, introduce atmospheric oxygen into the substrate, where they promote biological, aerobic water purification processes. The charred plant material, when used as substrate, also shows excellent effects in wastewater treatment. These systems are called “constructed wetland integrated microbial fuel cells” – CW-MFC. See also

https://janisch-schulz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/first-study-on-CW-MFC.pdf).

According to Yamini Mittal, the photograph reflects how “nature harmonizes creation and destruction, containing seeds of its own solution.”

To the contest: www.nanoartography.org/2022