Princeton University's fourth annual "Art of Science" exhibition features scientific imagery focused on the theme of energy.
From Scientific American as posted at filter blog 3QuarksDaily: Princeton University's fourth annual "Art of Science" exhibition features scientific imagery focused on the theme of energy. Princeton graduate student David Nagib's energy-saving chemical apparatus, titled 'Therapeutic Illumination,' won the $154.51 second prize in the 2010 Art of Science competition. The device mimics the process of photosynthesis in order to manufacture medicines and other important molecules. 'Our submission depicts our experimental investigations employing an energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulb to excite a variety of colored photocatalysts,' Nagib says. The $95.49 third prize in Princeton's Art of Science competition goes to physics undergraduate Tim Koby for this computer simulation of stellar orbits, titled 'Neutron Star Scattering off a Supermassive Black Hole.' The amounts of the prizes are derived according to the golden ratio, a mathematical proportion that has been found in aesthetically pleasing designs ranging from seashells to ancient Greek temples. This illustration shows a disordered network of material that blocks light over a substantial range of frequencies. Also shown is the electric field pattern for an electromagnetic wave propagating through the network with a frequency just below the forbidden range. Researchers say such materials could be used for harvesting and converting energy. The creators of the image are Princeton University's Marian Florescu, Paul Steinhardt and Salvatore Torquato. Craig Jacobson's image was produced as part of the calibration of a spectrometer for the Thomson scattering system on the Lithium Tokamak Experiment at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. This diagnostic is used to measure electron temperatures and densities in plasma experiments, including experimental fusion energy devices. Colors represent the intensity of light. The heart-shaped light seen here is the result of Nic Bax's attempt to create an 'optical trap,' a tightly focused laser beam capable of holding microscopic particles stable in three dimensions. 'This beam is supposed to be as round as possible -- so after a day of troubleshooting I was frustrated that this was the roundest beam I was able to achieve,' Bax says. 'In the background one can see the silica beads that I was unsuccessfully trying to capture with my optical trap.' View the remaining 7 photographs here.
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6/7/2010 06:17:07 am
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6/7/2010 02:57:25 pm
pretty cool.. except that my first post was meant to be titled Art of Science - though with a different meaning.... :(
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Muneeb
6/8/2010 08:50:40 am
I wish you guys had posted the titles from the original site as well, they say a lot about the images.
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