Tag: images

  • Science & Tech

    Image of black hole’s magnetic fields captured for first time

    Images released by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration reveal how the black hole, some 55 million light-years away, appears in polarized light.

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    A view of M87’s supermassive black hole in polarized light.
  • Campus & Community

    Picturing history through a personal lens

    Wonik Son has examined post-World War II humanitarian images for what they say about injury and disability and where they fit into history, including his own.

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    Wonik Son at the library discussing his four years at Harvard.
  • Health

    The power of picturing thoughts

    A new Harvard study shows that people create visual images to accompany their inner speech even when they are prompted to use verbal thinking, suggesting that visual thinking is deeply ingrained in the human brain.

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  • Science & Tech

    MRI, on a molecular scale

    A team of scientists led by Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics Amir Yacoby has developed a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system that can produce nanoscale images, and may one day allow researchers to peer into the atomic structure of individual molecules.

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