Argonne National Laboratory runs an annual contest, Art for Science, where employees and facility users can submit images. I don’t believe there any prizes associated with the contest other than winning the satisfaction of knowing that your image was aesthetically pleasing and an appearance in an Argonne publication and/or in a public display somewhere. This year’s contest according to an Oct. 27, 2013 news item on Nanowerk is still open for voting,
Help Argonne choose the winners of its 2013 Art of Science contest. The annual contest calls for lab employees and users of Argonne’s facilities to submit images and photographs that showcase their research. Some are computer simulations, some are photographs, and some are taken with incredibly powerful transmission electron microscopes that see down to nearly atomic level; all of them show the stunning intersection of beauty and science in Argonne’s world-class labs. Votes will be accepted through Nov. 1, 2013.
This is one of the submissions,
![Lead Titanate Domain Terrain The tallest "mountains" in the landscape below are actually only a few nanometers high (about how long your fingernails have grown while reading this). It's made out of lead titanate, which has unique properties and is widely used in sensors and actuators. The image, which has color added, was created using atomic force microscopy. [Argonne National Laboratory]](http://www.frogheart.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/LeadTitanateDomain-215x300.jpg)
Lead Titanate Domain Terrain
The tallest “mountains” in the landscape below are actually only a few nanometers high (about how long your fingernails have grown while reading this). It’s made out of lead titanate, which has unique properties and is widely used in sensors and actuators. The image, which has color added, was created using atomic force microscopy. [Argonne National Laboratory]
Images from the contest grace the pages of Argonne publications, adorn laboratory buildings and share cutting-edge research with audiences outside the laboratory through traveling exhibits. They have appeared in public-access libraries, including the University of Chicago’s John Crerar Library and the Downers Grove Public Library.
Most recently, 27 Art of Science posters were installed in an exhibit at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. The O’Hare exhibit, which is now up and will run through early 2013, is located in the hallways connecting Terminals 2 and 3 adjacent to the Rotunda.