Visualizing Science

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The winning photos and illustrations in the 2009 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge, sponsored by Science and the NSF, reveal the hidden meaning and intricate details of our world.

Jellyfish Burger

Illustration -- Honorable Mention

Without changes in global fishing policies, the seafood of the future is rubbery. The jellyfish burger is so close to becoming a reality, we can taste it, according to digital artist Dave Beck and marine scientist Jennifer Jacquet who collaboratively created this 3D digital composited image.

Flower Power

Stop and smell the roses! These floral arrangements are ten micron tall pillars collapsed against one another. They were fabricated from a soft polymer to serve as a tool for the measurement of cell traction forces. During sample processing, the competition between pillar stiffness and surface adhesion is fierce, and when lateral collapse occurs pillar-to-pillar adhesion is triumphant. This image was taken with a scanning electron microscope in the UNC CISMM Center.

Branching Morphogenesis

To generate "Branching Morphogenesis," movies of networking cells cultured on a 3-D matrix were analyzed to generate computational tools that simulate this process. Next, large templates from simulations were overlaid with more than 75,000 inter-connected zipties. Once within Branching Morphogenesis, gallery visitors experience the complexity of an organic datascape and process.

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Edited February 20, 2010 by Lord Infamous