Growing Horns (IMAGE)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Growing Horns

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A mathematical model (left) uses a geometrical framework to explain how previous patterns grew and predict new carbonate-silica structures (right, imaged by scanning electron microscopy).

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(Credit Wim L. Noorduin/ C. Nadir Kaplan/ Harvard University)

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