Gallery: The Best Science and Engineering Visualizations of 2013

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    Illustrations by Greg Dunn, Brian Edwards, Marty Saggese, Tracy Bale, Rick Huganir
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    "Cortex in Metallic Pastels," 1st Place, Illustration
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    Vicente Fernandez, Orr Shapiro, Melissa Garren, Assaf Vardi, Roman Stocker (MIT)
    02
    "Invisible Coral Flows," 1st Place, Photography
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    Illustrations by Lorrie Faith Cranor, director of the CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory (Carnegie Mel lon University)
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    "Security Blanket," Honorable Mention, Illustration
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    Kristy Jost, Babak Anasori, Majid Beidaghi, Genevieve Dion, and Yuri Gogotsi (Drexel University)
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    "Wearable Power," Informational Posters and Graphics, First Place and People's Choice ([See full-size image](http://stag4.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2014/02/wearables2.jpg))
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    Lydia-Marie Joubert (Stanford University)
    05
    "Human Hand Controlling Bacterial Biofilms," People's Choice, Illustration
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    Illustrations by Anna Pyayt and Howard Kaplan (University of South Florida)
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    "Polymer Micro-Structure Self-Assembly," People's Choice, Photography:
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    Illustrations by Quintin Anderson (The Seagull Company); Chad Mirkin and Sarah Petrosko (Northwestern University)
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    "Spherical Nucleic Acids," People's Choice, Video ([watch video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxRQ1-MI24g))
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    Illustrations by Stephen Francis Lowry (Steve Lowry Photography)
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    "Stellate leaf hairs on Deutzia Scabra," Honorable Mention, Photography
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    Illustrations by Greg Shirah, Horace Mitchell (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center -- SVS), Tom Bridgman (Global Science & Technology, Inc.)
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    "Dynamic Earth Visualization Excerpt: Coronal Mass Ejection and Ocean/Wind Circulation," First Place, Video ([watch video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hD52H7rQak))
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    Illustrations by Doug Huff and Elizabeth Anderson (Arkitek Studios), Zoltan Fehervari (Nature Immunology), and Simon Fenwick (Nature Reviews)
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    "Immunology of the Gut Mucosa," Honorable Mention, Video ([watch video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnZEge78_78))
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    Robert Saye and James Sethian (UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
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    "The Life Cycle of a Bubble Cluster: Insight from Mathematics, Algorithms, and Supercomputer," Informational Posters & Graphics, Honorable Mention ([See full-size image](http://stag4.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2014/02/bubbles.jpg))
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    Illustrations by Geoffrey Harlow, Shou Li, Albert Cruz, Jisheng Chen, Zhenbiao Yang (UC-Riverside)
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    "Visualizing Leaf Cells from Within," Honorable Mention, Video ([watch video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIc02tFoZ40&feature=youtu.be))
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    Illustrations by Ben Paylor, Mike Long, Jim Till, Janet Rossant, Mick Bhatia, David Murawsky, and James Wallace (Stem Cell Nettwork)
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    "Stem Cell Shorts," Honorable Mention, Video ([watch video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hbgeQzmU9U&feature=youtu.be))
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    Katelyn McDonald and Timothy Phelps (Johns Hopkins University) and Jennifer DIttmar (The National Aquarium)
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    "Effects of Cold-stunning on Sea Turtles," Information Posters & Graphics, Honorable Mention ([See full-size image](http://stag4.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2014/02/turtles.jpg))
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    Illustrations by Eve Syrkin Wurtele, William Schneller, Paul Klippel, Greg Hanes, and Diane Bassham (Iowa State University)
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    "Meta!Blast: The Leaf," Interactive Games, People's Choice ([Play](http://metnet-mbl.gdcb.iastate.edu/scivis2013))
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    Illustrations by Mark Nielsen, Satoshi Amagai, Blake Porch, Dennis Liu (HHMI); Michael Clark (EarthBuzz Software, Ltd)
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    "EarthViewer," Honorable Mention, Interactive Games ([Explore](http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/earthviewer))
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    Illustrations by Amy Robinson, William Silversmith, Matthew Balkam, Mark Richardson, Sebastian Seung, Jinseop Kim (EyeWire)
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    "EyeWire: A Game to Map the Brain," First Place, Interactive Games ([Play](www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/earthviewer))
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    Daniel Rohrlick, Eric Simms, Cheryl Peach, Debi Kilb (Scripps Institution of Oceanography), and Charina Cain (Birch Aquarium at SIO)
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    "Deep-sea Extreme Environment Pilot (DEEP)", Honorable Mention, Interactive Games ([Play](http://siogames.ucsd.edu/deep.html))
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