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Do Women Talk Too Much? (Hint: Science says no)

the stereotype that women talk more than men is infinitely amusing to me because men are literally incapable of shutting the fuck up

#women in science #gender differences #language #women #talking

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P5 Report

On December 11, 2023 scientists met at Fermilab to discuss the next decades of high-energy particle physics — the P5 report:

https://www.usparticlephysics.org/2023-p5-report

I got to create the accompanying art: a 3-panel 3D illustration symbolizing subjects in astrophysics & particle physics. One of my favorite projects of the year!

Info, process & more:

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Majorana

Portrait illustration for a AAAS Science article about the evasive Ettore Majorana (who disappeared without a trace in 1938) and his eponymous quasiparticle:

The Quantum Phantom – "A ghostly quasiparticle rooted in a century-old Italian mystery could unlock quantum computing’s potential—if only it could be pinned down."

Info, process & more:

P.S., from the article:

And 3 years ago, the researchers flew to UC Berkeley to visit the archive of Emilio Segrè, whose friendship with Majorana soured in the years before his disappearance. The researchers came across a folder that, per Segrè’s instructions, cannot be opened until the year 2057.

Excuse me?? I suppose I have to stick around until at least 2057 because I need to know wtf if in that folder.

#science #art #physics #illustration #sciart #science art #particle physics #quantum mechanics #majorana #science illustration #editorial illustration #olena shmahalo

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Made super-stylized real-time 3D art inspired by one of my favorite creatures in a certain fRPG.

Best viewed in 3D: https://skfb.ly/oOOKv

#art #3D #3d model #real-time 3D

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P5 Report

On December 11, 2023 scientists met at Fermilab to discuss the next decades of high-energy particle physics — the P5 report:

https://www.usparticlephysics.org/2023-p5-report

I got to create the accompanying art: a 3-panel 3D illustration symbolizing subjects in astrophysics & particle physics. One of my favorite projects of the year!

Info, process & more:

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olena · 4 months

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Majorana

Portrait illustration for a AAAS Science article about the evasive Ettore Majorana (who disappeared without a trace in 1938) and his eponymous quasiparticle:

The Quantum Phantom – "A ghostly quasiparticle rooted in a century-old Italian mystery could unlock quantum computing’s potential—if only it could be pinned down."

Info, process & more:

P.S., from the article:

And 3 years ago, the researchers flew to UC Berkeley to visit the archive of Emilio Segrè, whose friendship with Majorana soured in the years before his disappearance. The researchers came across a folder that, per Segrè’s instructions, cannot be opened until the year 2057.

Excuse me?? I suppose I have to stick around until at least 2057 because I need to know wtf if in that folder.

#Ettore Majorana #Majorana #Majorana fermion #Majorana particle #physics #particle physics #art #SciArt #science illustration #Science #Science Magazine #Olena Shmahalo #NatureInTheory #NoAI #Human Artist #digital painting

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Fancy - Grackles are neat

#noai #illustration #bird art #excuse me i LOVE the style of this

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Rebelle 7 by @escapemotions is coming soon! December 14.

I don't do much traditional-media-mimicry in my 2D work, but Rebelle 5 felt so nice even just to draw with. More like real pencil than any other tools I've used over the years (even iPad!)

For example, this wave was drawn in Rebelle 5:

A base for this artwork: https://www.olenashmahalo.com/project/cosmic-neutrinos

Extragalactic neutrinos burst out of an AGN and plunge into the ocean. There, the typically-elusive neutrinos occasionally collide with atoms in water molecules, triggering the creation of third, charged particles. These, in turn, produce Cherenkov radiation, manifesting visibly as cones of blue light. Experiments like IceCube and the newly-proposed P-ONE are configured to detect this emission. For an article about the Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment (P-ONE) on Symmetry Magazine, by Mara Johnson-Groh: Proposed experiment seeks origin of cosmic neutrinos.

I'm most excited for the fractal upscaling feature from R6!:

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olena · 4 months

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P5 Report

On December 11, 2023 scientists met at Fermilab to discuss the next decades of high-energy particle physics — the P5 report:

https://www.usparticlephysics.org/2023-p5-report

I got to create the accompanying art: a 3-panel 3D illustration symbolizing subjects in astrophysics & particle physics. One of my favorite projects of the year!

Info, process & more:

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P5 Report

On December 11, 2023 scientists met at Fermilab to discuss the next decades of high-energy particle physics — the P5 report:

https://www.usparticlephysics.org/2023-p5-report

I got to create the accompanying art: a 3-panel 3D illustration symbolizing subjects in astrophysics & particle physics. One of my favorite projects of the year!

Info, process & more:

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Made super-stylized real-time 3D art inspired by one of my favorite creatures in a certain fRPG.

Best viewed in 3D: https://skfb.ly/oOOKv

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Made super-stylized real-time 3D art inspired by one of my favorite creatures in a certain fRPG.

Best viewed in 3D: https://skfb.ly/oOOKv

#3d #3D art #game art #vfx #3D vfx #olena shmahalo #natureintheory #elder scrolls #elder scrolls online #eso #celestial #stars #nebula #nebulae #space art #art #illustration

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Rebelle 7 by @escapemotions is coming soon! December 14.

I don't do much traditional-media-mimicry in my 2D work, but Rebelle 5 felt so nice even just to draw with. More like real pencil than any other tools I've used over the years (even iPad!)

For example, this wave was drawn in Rebelle 5:

A base for this artwork: https://www.olenashmahalo.com/project/cosmic-neutrinos

Extragalactic neutrinos burst out of an AGN and plunge into the ocean. There, the typically-elusive neutrinos occasionally collide with atoms in water molecules, triggering the creation of third, charged particles. These, in turn, produce Cherenkov radiation, manifesting visibly as cones of blue light. Experiments like IceCube and the newly-proposed P-ONE are configured to detect this emission. For an article about the Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment (P-ONE) on Symmetry Magazine, by Mara Johnson-Groh: Proposed experiment seeks origin of cosmic neutrinos.

I'm most excited for the fractal upscaling feature from R6!:

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#science #art #physics #illustration #astrophysics #astronomy #science art #sciart #science illustration #physics art #astrophysics art #astronomy art #olena shmahalo #natureintheory

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olena · 5 months

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Afternoon tea from a couple of years ago

#dragons #illustration #art #long bois #tea

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BLACK FRIDAY & SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY SALE!

Ready-to-print items only — not for custom orders

No code. Automatic 15% off original prices store-wide until December 1, 2023

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A collection of wearable 3D art inspired by science:

✦ Wave-Particle Duality Pendant ✦ The Wave-Particle Duality Rings ✦ A Candle in the Dark: Lantern Earrings ✦ Infinity Knot Ring

Available now on Shapeways! ↓

✦ Shapeways.com/shops/nature-in-theory ✦ Linktr.ee/NatureInTheory

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olena · 5 months

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Happy 56th anniversary of the observation of pulsars!

On 28 November 1967, while a postgraduate student at Cambridge, Bell Burnell detected a "bit of scruff" on her chart-recorder papers that tracked across the sky with the stars. The signal had been visible in data taken in August, but as the papers had to be checked by hand, it took her three months to find it.[25] She established that the signal was pulsing with great regularity, at a rate of about one pulse every one and a third seconds. Temporarily dubbed "Little Green Man 1" (LGM-1) the source (now known as PSR B1919+21) was identified after several years as a rapidly rotating neutron star.

Nice Q&A with Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell: https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/journeysofdiscovery-pulsars

3D art featuring pulsars by me; info: https://www.olenashmahalo.com/project/nanograv

#sciart #3d #science illustration #physics #astronomy #astrophysics #3d art #art #quasar #blazar #neutron star #AGN #pulsar #women in science #women in art

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olena · 5 months

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btw now feels like a good time to plug the organizations that the kissinger death tontine accepted donations-as-submissions from!

☞ Cambodian Children's Fund ☞ Desafío Levantemos Chile ☞ East Timor and Indonesia Action Network ☞ Guatemala Forensic Anthropology Project ☞ The Halo Trust ☞ Yemen Relief Project

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