Twelve Self-replicating Chemical
by Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Twelve Self-replicating Chemical
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Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Self-replicating chemical patterns. Series of 12 computer-modelled chemical patterns spirals (top left), self-replicating dots (middle centre), parallel stripes (lower right). Such chemical processes may govern the patterns seen in nature, from snowflakes to leopard spots. This model was developed by Dr John Pearson at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, to establish patterns created by chemical "reaction-diffusion" systems. In simulation of an iodate-ferrocyanide- sulfite chemical which is diffused through a gel, intricate self-replicating patterns are created. Pearson identified these twelve distinct patterns.
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June 1st, 2013
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