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Posts by mark belan | science illustrator + info designer
A playful graphic contrasting the cGASβcGAMP pathway in multicellular versus bacterial systems.
It shows how complex organisms have retained this ancient, primitive machinery, repurposing it to drive different immune outcomes.
Full story: www.quantamagazine.org/the-ancient-...
A lot of fun making this graphic of mycorrhizal fungi for a story on the symbiosis between plants and fungi! Really pleased with how this turned out.
Story here: www.quantamagazine.org/an-arctic-ro...
Quanta's special feature on climate science is nominated for a Webby for Best Individual Story Feature! A ton of blood, sweat, and tears went into making this.
Would really appreciate a vote for us in this category! Thanks so much! vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
A fun illustration I made for Quanta's story on deSitter space
www.quantamagazine.org/in-expanding...
Are the Malofiej Awards ever coming back? π’
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Until every single individual on Earth can recite it by memory.
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Did you know that infinity comes in different "sizes"? "Bigger" and "smaller" descriptions of infinity exist!
Seems paradoxical, right? How can an endless concept ever have a defined size?
I helped visualize a story describing this. Check it out here!
www.quantamagazine.org/how-can-infi...
Kinda love that journals will paywall their papers but not their figures. What's the logic of that? (tho I'm not angry)
A new graphic illustrating a 'hydraulic jump' in flowing electrons, from today's story at Quanta: www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-m...
#physics #particlephysics #electrons #science #electronflow #condensedmatterphysics
I made this bat flap around for today's story on neurons that help guide our day-to-day navigations.
Working in web animation is a new exploration since joining Quanta, and this is a nice example of how motion can tell a simple science story.
Read more: www.quantamagazine.org/how-animals-...
do u recommend playing it? it's in my backlog currently, debating on moving it up per your suggeschyun
Today in Quanta we report on a unique puzzle in topology.
I had a lot fun making a full graphics suite for this story, choosing the palette, mood, and even graphical representation of some of these tricky mathematical concepts.
Check it out here!
www.quantamagazine.org/two-twisty-s...
Nicos Christofides' algorithm starts by selecting the shortest possible tree (a network with no closed loops) connecting the cities. Then it adds connections until every city has an even number of connections, producing a closed route. In this case, that requires connecting the two farthest cities, resulting in a long round trip.
9/13
THE MANY SHAPES OF BACTERIA
#science #infographic #art #sciart #bacteria #microbiology #bacterium #scientificart #biology
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The one that changed everything for me :)
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VISUALIZING THE BIOMASS OF LIFE
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#biomass #science #infographic #art #sciart #dataviz #datavisualization #biology
The one that changed everything for me :)
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I co-wrote a visual explainer with Joe Howlett on the quantum mechanics of greenhouse gases. It includes graphics/animations showing why molecules like COβ are such powerful drivers of planetary warming.
It was fun! I'd appreciate if you checked it out here:
www.quantamagazine.org/the-quantum-...
In Sept, Quanta Magazine published a special issue on the science of climate change. We spent a lot of time curating 9 climate stories that span technology, microbiology, math, and more.
I made these 9 planetary models that reflect each story. Check it here: www.quantamagazine.org/how-we-came-...
A thing I keep noticing in science papers/talks lately is that graphics are being used to show data, not story.
Silently wishing more visual resources were spent showing *how* systems and processes actually operate, rather than merely offering graphs and charts that confirm they occur.
congrats James!
Algonquin vibes π¨π¦