Researchers have finally resolved a key problem in a 100-year-old theory of color, showing that the qualities we perceive in ...

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A century after Erwin Schrödinger sketched out a bold vision for how we perceive color, scientists have finally filled in the missing pieces. A Los Alamos team used advanced geometry to show that hue, ...

One of the most common clichés in the viz space is that “data visualizations are only as effective as the insights they reveal.” In this context, effectiveness is a function of careful planning. Any ...

Research on the perception of color differences is helping resolve a century-old understanding of color developed by Erwin Schrödinger. Los Alamos scientist Roxana Bujack led a team that used geometry ...

The National Science Foundation and the journal Science announce the winners of last year's contest for the best visualizations in science and engineering. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering ...

An artistic visualization of ocean currents from NASA has people mesmerized learning about our planet's underwater highways.

Robert Fludd, “Great Chain of Being” (1617) (detail) (all images courtesy British Library) As much as data can tell us about our planet, rattling off the numbers can often sound like static. An ...