RESTART
Unfortunately the site crashed and I had to reinstall the blog.
I lost all articles from the past 3 years but I try to catch up as soon as possible!
regards,
Peter
Latest Posts
Brain Art Competition
what? – yes that is real and organized by “The Neuro Bureau” since 2010. The submission deadline is May 28th, just in case you have some stuff to submit. If not, have a look on some beautiful realizations from the past years:
Thin slice through the structural connectome
credit: Joachim Böttger, Ralph Schurade Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
MEG source connectivity analysis using 3D graph visualization
credit: Sebastien Dery Montreal Neurological Institute
Cerebral Infiltration
credit: Sherbrooke Connectivity Imaging Lab (SCIL): Maxime Chamberland, David Fortin, Maxime Descoteaux
Much more on the “The Neuro Bureau” website!
Close shots of insects
Where fascination meets loathing, close shots of insects in high-resolution.
Waterdrops dripping of from the compound eye of a fly
Source: REX/Yudy Sauw/Solent News
NASA earth photo of the year
The people vote the picture below as NASA’s photo of the year: “The play of light on water can reveal overlooked details and nuances to photographers and artists on Earth. The same thing can happen when looking from space.” Truly beautiful but maybe not my first pick…click here for a huge achive full of impressive pictures!
Canary Island (image credit: NASA)
Klyuchevskaya volcano in Russia (image credit: NASA)
Corals and sponges in HD
Incredible recordings from Daniel Stoupin: “Slow marine animals show their secret life under high magnification. Corals and sponges are very mobile creatures, but their motion is only detectable at different time scales compared to ours and requires time lapses to be seen. These animals build coral reefs and play crucial roles in the biosphere, yet we know almost nothing about their daily lives.”
Credits and more information: Daniel Stoupin
360-degree Infrared View of our Milky Way Galaxy
Again NASA releases uncredible footage, this time the Spitzer’s (Space Telescope) new 360-degree infrared view of our Milky Way Galaxy. 10 years capturing 2 million infrared snapshots of our galaxy, take your time. Pictures are downloadable in full resolution here.
Source: NASA
A video from Space.com walks you through the whole thing.
Microscopic beauty (prt.2)
Some people make pictures of themselve all the time, furtunately some people do not waste their time and give us beautiful insights in nature. Follow the links, there is a lot more to discover!
An ant holding a microchip
Green chloroplasts in the plant cells synthesize chlorophyll
Source: top: DSLR imagery down: BASF
Reblogged from: io9.com