nybg:
Victoria amazonica has been a long-running inspiration even beyond its botanical “wow” factor, not only for its structure but for its instant recognizability. Read more on it here, and check out the NYBG in summer when ours will be on display! —MN
Apparently Sir Joseph Paxton’s structural ideas for the Crystal Palace came from plants - and more specifically the Victoria Regia Lily pictured, which were later cultivated inside the palace.
This image comes from Delamotte’s Crystal Palace: A Victorian Pleasure Dome Revealed by Ian Leith.
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What happens when you wring out a wet towel in space.
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Acoustic Levitation
At the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory, scientists have been experimenting with sound waves and pharmaceutical solutions, levitating soluble drops between two speakers facing each other. While their research has produced some visually fascinating results, it has also led to the discovery of a far more effective method for creating amorphous drugs, which happen to be the more desirable of two forms that pharmaceutical drugs can take.Watch Video Here.
GIFs by Science-llama
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flower exposed to radiation from Fukushima nuclear facility Japan
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Python regius - Ball Python (by Thor Hakonsen)
Pied Ball Python.
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Snapshot 007 by Gottfried Jäger
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CROSS SECTION OF A BONE THAT SHOWS THE SUBSTANIA SPONGIOSA. THE DENSITY OF THIS VAULTLIKE STRUCTURE FOLLOWS THE FORCES THAT ACT UPON THE BONE
