Wikipedia:Year of Science/Visualize

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Image of the week

A mountain cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii) at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Photo credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS. Uploaded by Rhododendrites on 6 February.

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Visualize science on Wikipedia!

Images add an extremely valuable dimension to any encyclopedia article. They aid learning and enhance understanding in ways words can't.

Throughout the Year of Science, this page will highlight the images people upload to Wikimedia Commons and use in science-related articles.

Click the button below to tell us about an image you've uploaded or which you've seen other people upload!

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Inversion technique

Graph of the inversion technique from x to F(x). Image created and uploaded by Sbronder during the Computational Statistics class at Columbia University during Spring 2016.

T box DNA

The structure of the T box DNA binding domain, showing how the transcription factor binds to DNA. Created and uploaded on 23 February by Sven625, a student in CHEM 153A Honors at UCLA.

Hook effect

A dose response assay illustrating the hook effect. Image created and uploaded on 14 February by Immcarle28, an Immunology student at Carleton College.

Red spruce cones

Nine red spruce (Picea rubens) cones from Pisgah National Forest. Original photographs by Gary Peeples/USFWS. Assembled into a montage and uploaded by Rhododendrites on 7 February.

Bioluminescence

A deep-sea pandalid shrimp (Heterocarpus ensifer) close-up and after "vomiting" or "spitting" bioluminescent fluid. Photo credit: NOAA Ocean Explorer. Uploaded by Rhododendrites on 8 February.

Long-eared owl

A long-eared owl (Asio otus) at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Photo credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS. Uploaded by Rhododendrites on 6 February.

Guard crab in cauliflower coral

A red-spotted guard crab (Trapezia tigrina) protecting its home, a cauliflower coral (Pocillopora meandrina) around the island of Ta‘ū, American Samoa. Photo credit: Kerry Grimshaw, NOAA/NMFS/PIFSC/CRED. Uploaded by Rhododendrites on 8 February.

Black-billed magpie

Black-billed magpie at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Photo credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS. Uploaded by Rhododendrites on 7 February.

Bog turtle

Bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii). Photo credit: USFWS. Uploaded by Rhododendrites on 5 February.