Origami I What you're looking at began as a scientific image of DNA. Created by artist Christine Lavanchy, the piece combines ink drawing with an atomic force microscopy image of DNA origami nanoparticles — microscopic structures created by folding DNA into precise shapes at the nanoscale. #sciart

The golden sun (2021) by Prof. Georgi Yordanov. Crystals of ascorbic acid — more widely known as vitamin C — viewed under a polarizing microscope. • • #sciart #microscopy #chemistry #vitaminc #crystals #polarizedlight #scienceisbeautiful #artinscience #micrograph #scientificimaging

Dark side of the fungi (2020) What looks like an alien landscape is actually a fungus growing in a Petri dish.

Microbial map of middle earth (2019) What if Middle Earth existed beneath our feet?

Neurons in a box (2018) Did you know that the adult brain can still produce new neurons?

Captured emptiness (2025) What looks like a distant planet is, in reality, something far smaller.

Moovement (2024) What can three cows teach us about adaptation and survival? This image maps the simulated positions of three cows after three days (cyan), five days (red), and thirty days (pink) of grazing in a pasture the size of a football field.

Taurine (2022) A burst of color created from something normally invisible.

Glomerular ore (2021) At first glance, this looks like a fragment of rock or a metal ore. In reality, it’s a high-magnification image of a human kidney.

Is there life on Mars? (2020) At first glance, this looks like the surface of a distant planet.

Bubbles (2019) Plants know when to let go.

Yin & Yang of Leaf Microbiome (2018) A simple leaf hosts an entire invisible world.

Tentacle Flowers (2017) At first glance, the shapes in this picture look like delicate flowers. In reality, this is the surface of human colon tissue.

Expansion Inversion Collapse (2025) How will the universe end? In this work, Dr Alexandra Vasilyeva (@avasciart) explores possible cosmic futures: expansion, inversion, and collapse.

EDTA and tequila (2024) Separate bubbles. Alone, they exist. Together, they matter. This image captures bubbles of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) dissolved in tequila, where light radiates from each sphere and visually connects them into a single network.

Constellations (2022) Like stars forming patterns in the night sky, cells in this image appear linked across space.

Alex Andrix (artist) and Damien de Vienne (evolutionary biologist), authors of Throughout the Eras, organized a museum visit at @musee_des_confluences in Lyon for six people, using the prize money they received from the jury and audience favourite artwork in the Exhibition of Extreme Environments.

Streptomyces: The pinkest pink (2021) At first glance, it looks like the trace of a kiss. What you’re really seeing is Streptomyces, a soil bacterium whose claim to fame is making many of the antibiotics we rely on.

Thirsty mozzy (2020) For many of us, a mosquito is just part of a summer night.

Beautiful Eye (2019) What looks like an eye is actually a moment underground.

Lonely in the Dark (2018) What should be many has become just one. On the gravel bed of Lake Thun, a single European grayling embryo rests alone. Biologist Dr. David Nusbaumer (@kiwi___photography) chose this isolated view to reflect the drastic decline of the species.

2017 Throwback: Crescent Moon 🌙 This isn’t a photograph of the moon. It’s a glimpse into the living universe of human breast milk.

Opening today at the Palais de Rumine in Lausanne: Moving Pictures This photography exhibition brings together the work of 15 wildlife photographers who capture both the breathtaking beauty of nature and the devastating traces of human impact.

Exposition [MOVING PICTURES]

Exposition de photographes animaliers primés

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We would like to announce the 3 winners of this year’s public vote! We got a total of 142 ballots and every single artwork got at least 2 votes. Congratulations to all winners and thank you to every member of the audience who participated in this vote! 🥁🥁🥁

Although the exhibition at the Forum has now closed, our collaboration with ZEISS Microscopy continues as we reopen Extreme Environments at Géopolis (University of Lausanne) on October 24.

Join our hands-on microscopy workshop on Saturday, October 11 | 13:00–16:00 🔬 It is open to everyone and kid-friendly. We are very lucky to count ZEISS (@zeiss_microscopy) in our sponsors, without whom this workshop would not be possible! #microscopy #microscopyworkshop #scicomm

Join us for Hot Tables: at the Edge of Research - a “speed dating” style event with some of our extreme environment scientists. Hop in and out from table to table to learn about their research, what motivated them to explore the wilderness! Info at figure1a.org/hot-tables-2025

TODAY! We open EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS: Beyond Limits, a scientific art exhibition exploring creativity, life, and research in remote environments. 🗓 30.09 | 17h30📍 Forum de l’Hôtel de Ville | Place de la Palud 2, Lausanne.

The posters are out there in the world! Fresh off the press and making their way around town. Have you spotted one yet? Let us know where you’ve seen them! 👀🖼️ • • • #scicomm #sciart #scientificart #sciartexhibit Poster by Aris Zenone

Join us for the vernissage of our exhibition “Extreme Environment” next Tuesday! There will be art, science and drinks. We are excited to welcome David and Marc from the collective Fragmentin and Stuart from AlpWISE who will give talks to broaden our horizons.