Visualization

The first direct visualization of the shape of a photon has been created. These particles of light are impossible to photograph, but UK physicists have now calculated their wave function to produce an accurate image of a photon as it’s emitted.

This intriguing NASA visualization shows how the powerful gravitational influence of a black hole dramatically warps the light emitted from material spiraling towards its event horizon.

We live in increasingly polarized times with increasingly entrenched views. Climate scientist Ed Hawkins hopes to persuade people of the threat of global warming with a new and striking way to visualize climate data: a series of vertical stripes that convey rising temperatures year on year.

SBU's new Reality Deck boasts 416 high resolution screens that provide a total resolution of 1.5 billion pixels, making it what SBU says is the largest resolution immersive display ever built driven by a graphic supercomputer.

Sectra has launched a Visualization Table that will allow physicians to view high resolution, three dimensional virtual representations of real bodies to help with patient diagnosis and treatment.

Researchers has created a new visualization tool that can render a room containing a partially or completely cloaked object, showing the visual effects of such a cloaking mechanism and its imperfections.

Swedish researchers have incorporated technology used in criminal investigation into a touchscreen interface that allows users to conduct a virtual autopsy.