Science and art are much closer than most people think. Every year, the world’s biggest charity for biomedical research, the Wellcome Trust, awards those who can visually display science as art.
Here is a list of Quartz’s favorite images from the 2016 winners of the Wellcome Image Awards.
The inanimate meets the animate
Izzat Suffian, Kuo-Ching Mei, Houmam Kafa & Khuloud T. Al-Jamal
Butterfly beauty
Daniel Saftner, Macroscopic Solutions
The sunset moth
Mark R Smith, Macroscopic Solutions
Sorry for the cold hand
Matthew Clavey, Thermal Vision Research
Stem cells in action
Paula Alexandre, UCL
Allergic reaction
Nicola Kelley, Cardiff and Vale University Hospital NHS Trust
Cow’s heart
Michael Frank, Royal Veterinary College
You can see the other winning entries in the Wellcome Image Awards here.