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))
