#sci-art

[natureintheory]

"A qubit made from photons lives in the polarization property of light. This is depicted here as individual glowing wavelets. Coated pieces of glass, such as the cube shown in the video, can separate out different polarization states of light. Other elements can switch the polarization from one state (vertical) to the other (horizontal). Photon qubits can also live in other properties, such as color." (Caption via The Quantum Atlas)

One of a series of videos I made for UMD's Quantum Atlas:

The Quantum Atlas - Olena Shmahalo

Animated 3D Science Visualization • UMD • 2024

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Info & Contact - Olena Shmahalo

Interdisciplinary artist & designer, science illustrator, art director.

Although my work tends to be primarily physics-related — from subatomic to cosmic scales — I'm also interested in other fields e.g. Long COVID research & advocacy.

I am able to do more complex particle animation / simulation (e.g. airborne viruses or other visualizations.)

[bpod-bpod]

Persistent Parasites

Some problems can linger for a long time before their true impacts are felt. Such, it seems, is the case with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes Chagas disease. Chagas disease comes in two forms – cardiac and digestive – but little is understood about how and why the digestive form takes hold. A new study has found that it develops as a result of long-term chronic infection and inflammation in the colon. Researchers used parasites engineered to glow under a microscope to track infections in mice over time. They were able to analyse rare infected cells deep in walls of the colon, and found damaged nerve cells in these infection hotspots over six months after initial infection. Compared to uninfected tissue (pictured, with nerve cell bodies in pink and the neural network in blue) those harbouring chronic infection showed clear signs of damage, pointing to a new focus for potential treatments.

Written by Anthony Lewis

Image from work by Archie A. Khan and colleagues

Department of Infection Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Published in PLOS Pathogens, August 2021

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[this-is-cool]

The stylish and surreal sci-fi themed creations of Darius Bartsy - https://www.this-is-cool.co.uk/the-digital-sci-fi-artworks-of-darius-bartsy/

[startorialist]

*opens door very slowly*

*cautiously steps into tumblr*

*dusts off cobwebs*

Hello! As I’ve said for the past few months, it’s been very quiescent around here, but hopefully that will change imminently, as my sabbatical year ramps up! Luckily tumblr’s monthly archive helped bring me over (or through?) the potential barrier and twitter gave me a very good reason to post today.

This stunning artwork, titled “Margaret’s Moon”, was made by Dr. Jamie Molaro (aka Spacejammie), and I’ll just post her own description:

This piece was made using data from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft. The topography is the same as used in The Book of Moon, though with fewer layers. The text on the pages is original source code for the Apollo 11 guidance computer for the command and lunar modules. The code was written by NASA computer scientist Margaret Hamilton in 1969. It was during this project that she invented the term “software engineering” to describe the process of writing code.

Check out more photos of “Margaret’s Moon” on Jamie’s website. We’ve also featured Margaret Hamilton and her work immortalized on a scarf and as a LEGO mini-fig.

Check out other pieces (or commission your own! “Custom topography and papers are available upon request.“) at Jamie’s Make Science @etsy shop.

Dr. Jamie Molaro is a Research Scientist with the Planetary Science Institute, who is based at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

--Emily

[cassyblue-art]

For my Intro to Museum Studies class, one of the projects is to make a museum and I designed a mockup introductory panel for the project. 

[artifactgraphics]

The photon-tastic Spring 2017 issue of PittMed magazine has been published with my artwork serving as a backdrop for Jason Bittel's cover story, and his article on optogenetics. Thank you, Art Director Elena Gialamas Cerri, for the excellent exposure!

[bigboxpcgamecollectors]

On this episode we had the honor of talking to famed Origin Systems senior artist and fantasy / science fiction illustrator Denis Loubet. Denis did many pieces of artwork for Origin games, including box covers, manual graphics, and in game tiles and assets. 

 Check out Denis Loubet's Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/denisloubet

Some of the Origin game packaging artwork Denis created:  Akalabeth Ultima 1 Ultima 3 Ultima 4 Ultima 5 Ultima 6 Ultima 7: Serpent Isle Ultima 8 Ultima 9 Ultima: Martian Dreams Ultima: Savage Empire Ultima Underworld Ultima Underworld II Wing Commander Shadow Caster Times of Lore