Category: 2020
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Bubbles
Label Bubbles Artist Tianhan Liu Description The bubbles form when aluminum was deposited on a thin flake of topological insulators (TI) BiSbTeSe by thermal evaporation. TI is a kind of material which is conducting on the surface but insulating in interior. Aluminum is a common metal in daily life but actually superconducts at low temperature…
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Reflections of a Sabellid
Label Reflections of a Sabellid Artist Samantha Politano Description I investigated the presence and characteristics of sabellid worms on mangrove roots hosting sponges in Bocas del Toro, Panama. This research may illuminate a relationship between the two invertebrates. Type Cell Phone Camera Artist Affiliation Undergraduate Student Department EOAS Area of Research Sponge Ecology Date 2018
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Velcro Teeth
Label Velcro Teeth Artist Nicole Morgan Description This macro shot of the mouth of a pencil urchin Sterocidaris nascaensis that was collected from 300 meters deep as part of an ecological survey in the South Pacific Ocean on the Salas y Gomez Ridge. Urchins eat algae and bacterial mats by scraping organic material off of…
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The power of the code
Label The power of the code Artist Jason Lynn Description Tiny pieces of DNA code in specific locations can produce massive effects on an organism. We see in this photograph the power of that code – causing the intense production of a pigment protein which makes these maize kernels appear dark purple. This is the…
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Continue to Grow
Label Continue to Grow Artist Lauren Schulte Description We grow maize plants in a variety of genetic backgrounds in order to study gene regulatory mechanisms. Here we see brace roots aiding in the plant’s stability as it grows. By studying how maize genes are regulated we can further understand maize development and aid agricultural endeavors.…
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24
Label 24 Artist Uzoamaka Ezeakunne Description The image ’24’ was inspired by the death of a Star – Kobe Bryant. It was done to remind us to live because life is a sequence of 0s and 1s; it can be at ‘1’ today and ‘0’ tomorrow. I created this art by applying image processing technique.…
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A panorama of rivers and mountains: emitters and matrix
Label A panorama of rivers and mountains: emitters and matrix Artist Xiujun Lian Description This art piece originated from atomic force microscopy (AFM) showing the morphology of the composite optoelectronic materials, where the “mountains” correspond to the matrix material Cs4PbBr; while the “rivers and hills” represent the emitters CSPbBr3, who is held in the matrix…
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Seeing Red
Label Seeing Red Artist Alex Robb Description Pictured is an iron complex (iron(II) tris(2,2′-bipyridine)) dissolving in acetonitrile. This iron complex is blood red when dissolved in solution and has redox properties that are well-suited for high voltage photochemical applications such as solar cells or photoelectrochemical cells. Type DSLR Artist Affiliation Graduate Student Department Chemistry &…
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A Sneak Peek of “Mars”
Label A Sneak Peek of “Mars” Artist Yan Zhou Description Solar energy harvesting has evolved into a premier technology for realizing a sustainable energy future. Work in our research lab focuses on studying solar cells sensitized by dyes that absorb light and convert it into electricity on a semiconductor interface. My research focused on synthesizing…
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Viewing Cancer Through a Mathematical Lens
Label Viewing Cancer Through a Mathematical Lens Artist Kelsey Gasior Description This image captures MCF7 (breast) carcinoma cells and was taken while researching the epithelial mesenchymal transition. The epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a process by which epithelial cells change the way they behave so as to adopt the mobile and invasive properties of mesenchymal…