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Harvard Scientist Grows Microscopic Flowers

Inside a tiny beaker of water Harvard scientist Wim L. Noorduin has managed to coax chemicals into beautiful and delicate microscopic flowers. 

On a micron scale he and his colleagues have produced arrangements of crystals that resemble natural forms from roses to broad leaves

The most amazing fact is that they self-assembled! That’s right, these aren’t just pretty pictures from an electron microscope, but a new look at how structures form chemically in nature. (Source)

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