By selectively manipulating the pH gradient of liquids in which barium carbonate crystals were immersed, Harvard researcher Wim L. Noorduin was able to grow the crystals into miniature flower shapes by laying down successive layers of silica, which he then photographed with a scanning electron microscope.
It’s witchcraft basically.
The colours are false – generated by the electron microscope. Here’s an uncoloured image.
Still witchcraft.
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