Gallery: The Best Science and Engineering Visualizations of 2013
Illustrations by Greg Dunn, Brian Edwards, Marty Saggese, Tracy Bale, Rick Huganir01viz135HR-2400px
"Cortex in Metallic Pastels," 1st Place, Illustration
Vicente Fernandez, Orr Shapiro, Melissa Garren, Assaf Vardi, Roman Stocker (MIT)02"Invisible Coral Flows," 1st Place, Photography
Illustrations by Lorrie Faith Cranor, director of the CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory (Carnegie Mel lon University)03viz136HR-2400px
"Security Blanket," Honorable Mention, Illustration
Kristy Jost, Babak Anasori, Majid Beidaghi, Genevieve Dion, and Yuri Gogotsi (Drexel University)04wearables2
"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))
Lydia-Marie Joubert (Stanford University)05"Human Hand Controlling Bacterial Biofilms," People's Choice, Illustration
Illustrations by Anna Pyayt and Howard Kaplan (University of South Florida)06viz134HR-2400px
"Polymer Micro-Structure Self-Assembly," People's Choice, Photography:
Illustrations by Quintin Anderson (The Seagull Company); Chad Mirkin and Sarah Petrosko (Northwestern University)07viz148HR-resize
"Spherical Nucleic Acids," People's Choice, Video ([watch video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxRQ1-MI24g))
Illustrations by Stephen Francis Lowry (Steve Lowry Photography)08viz133HR-2400px
"Stellate leaf hairs on Deutzia Scabra," Honorable Mention, Photography
Illustrations by Greg Shirah, Horace Mitchell (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center -- SVS), Tom Bridgman (Global Science & Technology, Inc.)09Viz144HR-660
"Dynamic Earth Visualization Excerpt: Coronal Mass Ejection and Ocean/Wind Circulation," First Place, Video ([watch video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hD52H7rQak))
Illustrations by Doug Huff and Elizabeth Anderson (Arkitek Studios), Zoltan Fehervari (Nature Immunology), and Simon Fenwick (Nature Reviews)10viz146HR-resize
"Immunology of the Gut Mucosa," Honorable Mention, Video ([watch video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnZEge78_78))
Robert Saye and James Sethian (UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)11bubbles
"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))
Illustrations by Geoffrey Harlow, Shou Li, Albert Cruz, Jisheng Chen, Zhenbiao Yang (UC-Riverside)12vix147hr-resize
"Visualizing Leaf Cells from Within," Honorable Mention, Video ([watch video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIc02tFoZ40&feature=youtu.be))
Illustrations by Ben Paylor, Mike Long, Jim Till, Janet Rossant, Mick Bhatia, David Murawsky, and James Wallace (Stem Cell Nettwork)13viz145HR-resize
"Stem Cell Shorts," Honorable Mention, Video ([watch video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hbgeQzmU9U&feature=youtu.be))
Katelyn McDonald and Timothy Phelps (Johns Hopkins University) and Jennifer DIttmar (The National Aquarium)14turtles
"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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Light Up Your Home Like Christmas With These Smart String Lights
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Simon Hill
There’s a Completely New Type of Whisky. It’s French and Made in Concrete Eggs
The founders of Maison Lineti are, in a world first, making single malt whisky as if it were wine—and the spirit world is mighty impressed.
Jeremy White
Power Outages Are No Match for This Fridge Battery
Backup by BioLite is designed to power your fridge when the grid goes down. It works, but protecting your ice cream doesn’t come cheap.
Christopher Null
Meta’s Muse Could Upend All Kinds of Businesses. It Hasn’t Yet
Companies have spent the past several weeks trying to reassure investors that Muse and other AI agents pose more of an opportunity than a threat.
Paresh Dave
Get Bose QC Headphones at Their Lowest Price Ever
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Harry Rabinowitz
An AI Agent Injected Drugs Into a Live Mouse’s Brain
A biotech startup let an agent choose a gene therapy and successfully inject the treatment, offering a startling glimpse of the future of research labs.
Emily Mullin
The Keurig Alta Brewer Can Do It All, With No Plastic Pods
This multifaceted home coffee brewer and its new AltaRounds will make you rethink everything you know about Keurig machines.
Louryn Strampe
Are Memories Transferable? Meet the Scientists Replicating an Infamous Study to Find Out
In the 1960’s, an odd experiment showed planarian worms could transfer memories by consuming each other. It was a sensational finding—that is until the worms stopped learning.
Claire L. Evans
Sunrise Alarm Clocks to Help You Adjust to Shorter Days
I’ve never been a morning person. This bedside gadget is the only thing that’s ever changed that.
Nena Farrell
White Dwarfs Aren’t Just White. Scientists Discover Dying Stars Turning Pink and Green
Astronomers find that a white dwarf’s density and the kind of material it absorbed from its surroundings can produce a rainbow of shades in the star’s atmosphere.
Petr Kubala
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