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Physicsworld best science pictures of 2012
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Physicsworld best science pictures of 2012
Art of Science 2011
"The Art of Science exhibition explores the interplay between science and art. These practices both involve the pursuit of those moments of discovery when what you perceive suddenly becomes more than the sum of its parts. Each piece in this exhibition is, in its own way, a record of such a moment.
This is the fifth Art of Science competition hosted by Princeton University. The 2011 competition drew 168 submissions from 20 departments. The exhibit includes work by undergraduates, faculty, research staff, graduate students, and alumni.
The 56 works chosen for the 2011 Art of Science exhibition represent this year’s theme of “intelligent design” which we interpret in the broadest sense. These extraordinary images are not art for art’s sake. Rather, they were produced during the course of scientific research. Entries were chosen for their aesthetic excellence as well as scientific or technical interest." - Excerpt from the Website
Airbus Concept Cabin
Part of the Airbus Concept Plane of 2050. A video can be found in the website linked above and another one on YouTube here.
Science Sculptures by Bathsheba Grossman
"I'm an artist exploring the region between art and mathematics. My work is about life in three dimensions: working with symmetry and balance, getting from the origin to infinity, and always finding beauty in geometry." - Bathsheba Grossman
Worldprocessor by Ingo Gunther
A data visualization project that run up to 2005. The project unfortunately seems to have stopped by now, but the globes can still be seen in the webpage linked above, or more directly here.
Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Radiation
Wikipedia:
"In cosmology, cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation (also CMBR, CBR, MBR, and relic radiation) is thermal radiation filling the observable universe almost uniformly. Cosmic background radiation is well explained as radiation left over from an early stage in the development of the universe, and its discovery is considered a landmark test of the Big Bang model of the universe."
NASA X-43
Wikipedia:
"The X-43 is an unmanned experimental hypersonic aircraft with multiple planned scale variations meant to test various aspects of hypersonic flight. It was part of NASA's Hyper-X program and has set several airspeed records for jet-propelled aircraft. The X-43 is the fastest aircraft on record at over 6,500 miles per hour (10,461 Km/H)."