2022 UC San Diego Library Art of Science Contest Voting Portal

The Art of Science Contest celebrates the beauty that can emerge during scientific exploration. UC San Diego students, postdoctoral and faculty researchers, and project scientists were invited to submit images, graphics and descriptions related to their research that explains their work in a way that is both engaging and accessible to non-scientists.

To vote, scroll down and select your favorite image by clicking "Like.”

Note: your vote cannot be changed after you click the SAVE and FINISH button.

Click on any image to enter the full browser window slideshow.

Voting: May 23 - June 12.

Winners notified: June 21

Public announcement of winners: July 19

San Diego Natural History Museum Art of Science and Library exhibits: July - October

If you have any questions, email Abby Pennington at apennington@ucsd.edu

Voting period
2022-05-23 07:01 AM - 2022-06-13 06:59 AM
You can only vote for one option
If another vote is placed, the previous one will be removed.

Building Cell Structure

Using a groundbreaking new technique we can now build a human cell like a “3D puzzle” from scratch

When a Machine “Learns”

An algorithm inspired by biological neuronal structure learns how to predict unseen human behavior

Decoding Cell Structure

Using a groundbreaking new technique we can now decode human cell structure directly from data

A non-quiescent ocean

Beneath the surface, water movement in the ocean is more complex and variable than one may imagine

Spaghetti monster

National network routing for 200 nodes forming a kubernetes cluster

Radioactive rat lungs

A unique method to track the movement of gas through the body that provides insights to treat diseases

Disease Detection Inspired by Butterfly Photonics

The properties of butterfly wings may help us understand how to better diagnose cancer

Energy Worms

Watch an energy regulator on mitochondria, cellular powerhouses that dart wherever energy is needed!

#showyourstripes

The Arctic is warming more than twice as fast as nearly everywhere else on the planet

Taking a virtual dive into the Ice Age

A researcher takes a ‘virtual dive’ into a cache of Ice Age bones in 3D

Rings of the Ridgecrest Earthquakes

Satellite-based radar imaging captures surface change caused by earthquake motion in eastern California

Seaweed Kaleidoscopes

Kaleidoscope photoedits made from pressings of San Diego seaweeds

Good Vibes

Interaction of linear and nonlinear waves in a lattice with equal constraints and degrees of freedom

Whirled Gold

This arrangement of gold atoms calls us to look deeper

jellyfish

3D model of jellyfishes of diffusion tensor imaging

Perovskite crystals with a gradient composition

Perovskite crystals with outstanding electron transport properties for next generation solar cells

Bacterial Flowers

When two very different strains of bacteria grow together, something miraculous happens...

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