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Depiction Of Turbulent Particles In Water Wins University Of Chicago's Science As Art Contest
The university said scientific research can often result in striking images that might appear in simulations under microscopes.
April 14, 2026
The University of Chicago last week unveiled the winners of its Science as Art competition.
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Science and art are often held up as opposites — the logical and analytical versus the creative and emotional, the domain of the left brain hemisphere versus the right, the yang versus the yin. But UChicago notes that the disciplines are, in fact, intertwined — and not just in an abstract philosophical sense.
Indeed, the university said, scientific research can often result in striking images that might appear in simulations, under microscopes, or in photographs.
