The beauty of science in action

An annual photo contest honors the creativity behind the scientific process

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Breast tissue from a cancer patient
Micrograph of human tissue with blood vessels.
(Image credit: (Wei-hua Lee, postdoctoral fellow, Department of Medical Genetics)

A tick's hypostome, the harpoon-like structure that is inserted into a host.
(Image credit: (Sarah Swanson, Botany Department staff)

Plant tissue.
(Image credit: (Duncan Smith, postdoctoral fellow, Botany Department)

Lactose crystals.
(Image credit: (Kayla Saslow,food science undergraduate)

The coincidence of a "super moon" and a total lunar eclipse.
(Image credit: (Ethan Heyrman, undergraduate in the departments of Geology and Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences)

A pinhole camera image of the sun transiting the sky from solstice to solstice. The lowest arc was the sun's winter solstice trajectory and the highest arc was the sun's path at summer solstice. Gaps between the arcs are days of overca
(Image credit: (Garrett Frankson, physics and astronomy undergraduate)

Stinkbug eggs.
(Image credit: (Hillary Baker, zoology graduate student)

The brain vasculature of a zebrafish larva.
(Image credit: (Michael R. Taylor, assistant professor, School of Pharmacy)

Breast tissue from a cancer patient.
(Image credit: (Karla Esbona, postdoctoral fellow, Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology)

Remote-sensing satellite image of the lakes in Madison, Wisconsin.
(Image credit: (Tedward Erker and Steve Kochaver, graduate students in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology)

Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.