Category: 2026
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The Stillness of Motion
Label The Stillness of Motion Artist Lara Haroun Description Nanopipettes, quartz capillaries laser-pulled into conical-shaped geometries, taper into a nanometer-sized pore where the smallest disturbance can halt the world within. Gold nanoparticles drift like silent constellations, filament ghosts cling to the glass, and stray debris gathers at the threshold, conspiring toward stillness. Here, at the…
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Two Aeolosoma in Motion
Label Two Aeolosoma in Motion Artist Elle Plasencia Description Two aeolosoma moving against one another, wet sample viewed under differential interference contrast with a 20x objective. A wet sample of aeolosoma was prepared on a glass slide and placed under the microscope set in differential interference contrast with a 20x objective. This image was created…
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Neurons in the Retina
Label Neurons in the Retina Artist Devyani Jain Description This piece depicts the neural pathway in how we see the world using only three color photoreceptors: red, green and blue. My work shows how light hits the photoreceptors and passes to the bipolar cells, in yellow, and shows the horizontal and amacrine cells. Information gets…
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Mammal Eye
Label Mammal Eye Artist Lauren Vann Description A mammal eye slide taken under phase contrast 3 with a 30 millisecond exposure. The image was captured with a Nikon camera attached to a microscope. Type Microscope Artist Affiliation Undergraduate student Department Department of Biological Science Area of Research Microscopic biology art Research Group National High Magnetic…
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Fish Scale
Label Fish Scale Artist Lauren Vann Description A microscopic fish scale taken on 40x with half phase contrast on and half off. The image was captured with a Nikon camera attached to a microscope. Type Microscope Artist Affiliation Undergraduate student Department Department of Biological Science Area of Research Microscopic biology art Research Group National High…
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Anthropogenic Remains in a Sargassum Pulse
Label Anthropogenic Remains in a Sargassum Pulse Artist Eva Mustian Description Beached Sargassum forms dense accumulations along Florida coasts, where natural decomposition processes intersect with human debris, reflecting the merging of biological and anthropogenic systems. Type Sony DSC-W570 camera Artist Affiliation Graduate student Department Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science Area of Research Environmental…
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Heart in Malachite
Label Heart in Malachite Artist Jennifer Scheckowitz Description A malachite crystal under a Keyence VHX-7000 microscope at 100x magnification. Type Keyence VHX-7000 microscope Artist Affiliation Undergraduate student Department Department of Physics Area of Research Chemical engineering Date 2026
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Little Spirit
Label Little Spirit Artist Ava Osborne Description Baby ghost crab from Shell Point Beach, Florida. Type Canon camera Artist Affiliation Undergraduate student Department Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science Area of Research Geology and environmental science Date 2026
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Multimodal Imaging of Harvester Ants
Label Multimodal Imaging of Harvester Ants Artist Elise Gonzalez Description This art piece bridges the gap between science and art by utilizing a bio-aesthetic framework that treats the harvester ant as both a biological sample and a visual narrative. Unlike traditional photography that uses light, the scanning electron microscopy scanned the surface of the harvester…