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This still is from the short film "Mobius Transformations Revealed" by Douglas N. Arnold and Jonathan Rogness of the University of Minnesota. This graphic is attempting to show higher dimensions, but thinking about them makes our heads hurt.

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Shot in natural light by Andrea Ottesen of the University of Maryland's Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, this one's a first-prize winner in the photography category.

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This still from a 3D animation by Donna DeSmet and Jason Guerrero of Hurd Studios shows how that voodoo juice nicotine diddles with your brain's pleasure center.

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Kai-hung Fung of Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Hong Kong grabbed this CT image, taken from below the nose looking up. While it looks like an exotic flower, this shows the structure of stuff underneath the human nose.

Engineering grad student Adam Siegel and chemist George M. Whitesides of Harvard University snagged an Honorable Mention in the photo category for this image of a new type of metal that can be tied up in a knot but still conducts electricity.

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Courtesy:
Charlie White, gizmodo.com

Labels: 2007, Photography

The New York Times Magazine illustrates the Year in Ideas as it wraps up some of the more interesting and amazing developments of 2007.

Labels: 2007, Innovation