Tag: Initiative in Innovative Computing at Harvard University

  • Health

    Diverse ‘connectomes’ hint at genes’ limits in the nervous system

    Genetics may play a surprisingly small role in determining the precise wiring of the mammalian nervous system, according to painstaking mapping of every neuron projecting to a small muscle mice use to move their ears.

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  • Science & Tech

    New visualization techniques yield star formation insights

    New computer visualization technology developed by the Harvard Initiative in Innovative Computing has helped astrophysicists understand that gravity plays a larger role than previously thought in deep space’s vast, star-forming molecular clouds. The insight, to be reported in the Jan. 1 issue of the journal Nature, is being illustrated in the journal’s online version through…

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  • Science & Tech

    Visualizing science focus of panel

    The huge load of data now coming from modern computer systems is so overwhelming that new methods must be devised to allow people to visualize the world in more understandable ways, scientists involved in computer graphics areas said in a special symposium today. “What can humans actually understand?” asked Harvard Professor Alyssa Goodman, who arranged…

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  • Science & Tech

    Frankel wins Lennart Nilsson Award

    Felice Frankel, scientific imagist and Senior Research Fellow at Harvard’s Initiative in Innovative Computing, has been named the recipient of the 2007 Lennart Nilsson Award for scientific or nature photography. Frankel was cited for creating images described by Sweden’s Karolinska Institute, which oversees the award, as “exquisite works of art and crystal-clear scientific photographs –…

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  • Science & Tech

    From overviews of landscapes to inner views of cells

    The photographs are stunning abstracts that look as though they should be hung above a mantle or in a fine art gallery. But these aren’t primarily works of art; they are images of scientific phenomena. The images were made by Felice Frankel, a senior research fellow at Harvard University’s Initiative in Innovative Computing. Frankel brings…

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