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Winning entries will appear in the 23 September 2005 issue of the journal Science - Sometimes the best way to express a scientific idea is through an image that grabs the eye and invites viewers to wonder what they're seeing. Nine entries, each telling a scientific story with a careful balance of accuracy and beauty, have won the 2005 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge, sponsored jointly by the National Science Foundation and the journal Science, published by AAAS, the nonprofit science society. The contest, currently in its third year, recognizes outstanding achievement in the use of visual media to promote understanding of research results and scientific phenomena. The judges' criteria for evaluating the entries included visual impact, innovation and accuracy. The winning entries communicate information about the brilliant spectrum of fluorescing molecules, the fleeting moment when one neuron prepares to signal another, the spectacular emergence of the 17-year cicada, and more. A news story in the 23 September 2005 issue of Science presents all of the entries, which will also be freely available at its Web site. The entries will also be displayed at the National Science Foundation's website, its Web site. The winning entries are in five categories: ILLUSTRATION First Place: Graham Johnson, Graham Johnson Medical Media The Synapse Revealed INFORMATIONAL GRAPHIC First Place: Cheryl Aaron, Omega Optical, Inc. Fluoressence: The Essence of Fluorescence PHOTOGRAPHY First Place: James S. Aber, Emporia State University Autumn Color, Estonian Bog INTERACTIVE MEDIA Honorable Mention: Tracy M. Sterling, New Mexico State University Transpiration: Water Movement Through Plants NON-INTERACTIVE MEDIA First Place: Roger Hangarter, Indiana University Return of the 17-Year Cicadas Honorable Mentions: Mogi Massimo Vicentini, Civico Planetario Di Milano Planetary Motion From Euxodus to Copernicus Steve Deyo, Kevin Fuell, Katherine Olson, Dan Ritter and Seth Lamos, UCAR/COMET Rip Currents: Nearshore Fundamentals Leslie Ann Aldridge, National Geographic TV & Film Forces of Nature Interactive Website Nina Amenta, University of California, Davis Evolutionary Morphing: Statistical Interpolation of Ancestral Morphology