The New View From Space
02.17.2010 Astronauts add a new room with a glorious gazing window to the International Space Station.
by Smriti Rao
Visual Science: The Ultimate X-Ray Generator
To get really high-energy X-rays, you need some really powerful magnets. 01.06.2010
A Striking Visualization of Hurricane Katrina
Scientists at LSU’s Center for Computation & Technology used the university’s supercomputer to integrate wind, temperature, and sea surge simulations with satellite data. 12.08.2009
Visual Science: Polishing a Cosmic Spyglass
A tune-up for one of the most sophisticated imaging devices ever made 11.02.2009
Visual Science: A Stimulating View
Researchers are using a new laser-like technique for looking inside of tissues. 10.23.2009
Visual Science: NASA Unveils Its New Rocket
The potential successor to the space shuttle gets ready to fly. 10.20.2009
Visual Science: Vulcan Awakes
10.13.2009
Visual Science: The Red Badge of Climate Change
Tracing the flow of a blood-red fluorescent dye may reveal the ultimate fate of the Greenland's ice. 05.18.2009
Visual Science: The Achilles Heel on Michelangelo's David: His Shin
3-D scanning shows where the statue is most stressed—and where it will probably fail. 04.23.2009
Visual Science: A Close Look at the Original Information Superhighway
A detailed microscope image shows the complicated structure of a fish's nervous system. 03.05.2009
Visual Science: A Glow Below
Fluorescent coral captured on film 02.28.2009
Visual Science: The Rocket That Could Save Astronauts' Lives
NASA's Orion space capsule features a new escape clause. 02.15.2009
Visual Science: A (Dormant) Volcano Is a Great Place to Look at the Sky
Hawaii's Mauna Kea houses the world’s largest astronomical observatory. 01.09.2009
Visual Science: The Remote-Controlled Helicopter That Predicts Volcanic Eruptions
Aerovolc 1 has a very sharp sense of smell—and not a shred of fear. 11.18.2008
Visual Science: The History of the World, Contained in a Block of Ice
Ice core samples reveal the atmosphere's secrets as far back as 400,000 years. 10.14.2008
Visual Science: The Daredevils Who Chase One of the Sky's Greatest Mysteries
Some brave pilots fly tiny gliders into an amazing type of cloud that forms only in Australia. 08.14.2008
Visual Science: What Does Alzheimer's Look Like in Your Brain?
A 3-D rendering of a peptide shows a clear marker of the disease. 07.04.2008
Visual Science: The Laser to End All Lasers
Scientists are completing the world's largest laser—but will it work? 06.25.2008
