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First artificial microflowers burst into bloom in a few hours

Take that, nature. Tiny artificial flowers have now been created, and they take just 3 hours to bloom. Developed by Sheshanath Bhosale from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, and his team, the intricate structures take shape when two organic chemicals, a phosphonic acid and melamine, are mixed in water. The flower in the picture above is just 10 micrometres wide. It has been magnified 20,000 times and digitally coloured.


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