SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 17th, 2025

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#Donaldjohanson #SwRI #"12.5 light minutes away" #"observation sequence" #raindrops #"plug flow" #10% #"electrically conductive polymer" #"Neurospora crassa" #"Sporosarcina pasteurii" #mineralized #microarchitecture #Hyperadaptor #nickel-based #temperature-insensitive #"sudden or extreme temperature changes" #"high-bed cultivation" #Lidar #disease #pruning

If we soak the #plant in #mineralized and saturated #hydrocarbonate water (like Karlovy Vary), then after some time the plant will be covered with #crystals. They will replicate the shapes of the plant. A fragile stone flower will form. A kind of "fossil" (not real, not from ancient times).

Vilnius University Geology Museum.

#stoneflowers #fossil #plant #geochemistry #chemistry #interesting_world