In 2006, BioVisions and Xvivo, a team of scientists and scientific animators produced a three-minute video called "The Inner Life of the Cell." [Video]
Two years ago, they set out to upgrade their animations and make them more realistic. They wanted to cram a virtual cell with proteins at a more realistic density, and then have them jitter and collide.
The result a video called "Protein Packing." [Video]
More info, and the full article at The New York Times.
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(Score: 4, Funny) by JeanCroix on Tuesday April 22 2014, @05:30PM
(Score: 2) by skullz on Tuesday April 22 2014, @06:15PM
Epic video. I had no idea wtf was going on but my better half and her bio-chem background nodded sagely so I'm assuming its reasonable.
This was one of the first examples of "data visualization" that actually gave me more insight than just reading the description and trying to understand it. The overall system and structure-through-chaos really came through.
Can't wait for the sequel.
(Score: 2) by umafuckitt on Tuesday April 22 2014, @07:11PM
Yes, it's reasonable.
(Score: 2) by buswolley on Tuesday April 22 2014, @06:22PM
Cool. Fucking cool.
subicular junctures
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by edIII on Tuesday April 22 2014, @08:17PM
I believe in the words of the youth of today it would be considered "tight butthole".
Which is interesting because it's one of the only slang terms I instantly understood to be a good thing.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.