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Honey Crystals: The Art of Crystallization. Why Does Honey Crystallize?
#sciart #scicomm #chemistry #science #education
Crystallization or solidification of honey is a natural process that occurs in all types of honey. Honey is a supersaturated solution containing more than 80% of sugars (mainly glucose and fructose) and less than 20% of water. When crystallization of honey occurs, it becomes thicker and cloudy, and gets a coarse sugar texture. The crystallization of sugars in honey can be caused by temperature decrease, change of humidity, agitation, and presence of undissolved microcrystals of sugar or remains of polen that can act as centers of crystallization.
Despite not having a golden liquid appearance, crystallized honey is perfectly good for consumption and can also be a sign of honey quality. Sugar crystallization in a processed (industrial) honey is generally less common. Placing crystallized honey in a warm water bath for 15-30 min may result in its liquefaction. A honey crystallization pattern is shown herein. Image by @ScienceArtHub
ScienceArtHub retweeted
Honey Crystals: The Art of Crystallization. Why Does Honey Crystallize?
#sciart #scicomm #chemistry #science #education
Crystallization or solidification of honey is a natural process that occurs in all types of honey. Honey is a supersaturated solution containing more than 80% of sugars (mainly glucose and fructose) and less than 20% of water. When crystallization of honey occurs, it becomes thicker and cloudy, and gets a coarse sugar texture. The crystallization of sugars in honey can be caused by temperature decrease, change of humidity, agitation, and presence of undissolved microcrystals of sugar or remains of polen that can act as centers of crystallization.
Despite not having a golden liquid appearance, crystallized honey is perfectly good for consumption and can also be a sign of honey quality. Sugar crystallization in a processed (industrial) honey is generally less common. Placing crystallized honey in a warm water bath for 15-30 min may result in its liquefaction. A honey crystallization pattern is shown herein. Image by @ScienceArtHub
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The 2026 Cells I See #sciart contest is accepting cell images & artwork that capture the beauty of cells seen directly through the microscope or through the interpretive lens of the artist. The Grand Prize winner will receive $750. Learn more at cellsisee.ccrm.ca/
Honey Crystals: The Art of Crystallization. Why Does Honey Crystallize?
#sciart #scicomm #chemistry #science #education
Crystallization or solidification of honey is a natural process that occurs in all types of honey. Honey is a supersaturated solution containing more than 80% of sugars (mainly glucose and fructose) and less than 20% of water. When crystallization of honey occurs, it becomes thicker and cloudy, and gets a coarse sugar texture. The crystallization of sugars in honey can be caused by temperature decrease, change of humidity, agitation, and presence of undissolved microcrystals of sugar or remains of polen that can act as centers of crystallization.
Despite not having a golden liquid appearance, crystallized honey is perfectly good for consumption and can also be a sign of honey quality. Sugar crystallization in a processed (industrial) honey is generally less common. Placing crystallized honey in a warm water bath for 15-30 min may result in its liquefaction. A honey crystallization pattern is shown herein. Image by @ScienceArtHub
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Aharonov-Bohm Flux Braider
A Quantum wave splits around a hidden magnetic flux tube, then recombines with a phase difference that cannot be read from the local magnetic field alone.
The core is blocked, the field is trapped near the centre, yet the vector potential
A = α(-y, x)/(x² + y² + a²)
still changes the phase picked up by paths winding around it.
The animation follows
i∂ₜψ = 1/2(-i∇ - A)²ψ + Vψ
inside an annular interferometer. The density ρ = |ψ|² shows where the wave lives, while the smooth threads trace the probability current j = Im(ψ*∇ψ) - Aρ. Those braided paths are the visual signature of the Aharonov-Bohm effect where the wave feels the hidden flux through phase, not through a classical force.
#QuantumMechanics #AharonovBohm #SchrodingerEquation #MathematicalPhysics #QuantumPhase #Wavefunction #PhysicsAnimation #ScientificVisualization #MathematicalArt
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An amazing collection of Mathematical Art!
Check out the Gallery: gallery.bridgesmathart.org/g…
#mathart #sciart #scicomm
Over 5,500 mathematical artworks can now be browsed in an attractive new gallery-wall layout on the Bridges website, thanks to the efforts of Nathan Selikoff: gallery.bridgesmathart.org/g…
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CryoEM structure of mouse urate oxidase in complex with uric acid (PDB code: 23BT) #scivis #molecularart @proteinimaging @dzine_ai
behance.net/gallery/25244872…
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Timelapse
Title: Benzene/ベンゼン
Size: 727mm × 727mm
Medium: Acrylic
July 2026
Since benzene has a hexagonal shape and the background is yellow, it looks like a honeycomb structure.
#chemistry #化学
#art #アート
#physicsart
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The Beauty of Mathematical Art!
Check out the #MathArt Gallery.
imaginary.org/gallery/icm-20…
#sciart #scicomm
Sneak peek into the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM): There will be a #MathArt gallery, which is already #openAccess at imaginary.org/gallery/icm-20…. It does feature my work "Heart of Domain Coloring" (with H. Lipschütz and U. Reitebuch). Go and give it a look!
ALT Domain coloring allows for the visualization of complex functions with color-lookups via a pre-image. The white grid lines correspond to function values with integer real or imaginary part. All other complex numbers are mapped to different colors by their angle to the positive real axis, using four color spectra, one for each quadrant. By placing zeros and poles in a highly symmetric configuration, we deform the coordinate axes shown in black into heart shapes. The image was created digitally by a pixel-wise evaluation of the input function.
An amazing collection of Mathematical Art!
Check out the Gallery: gallery.bridgesmathart.org/g…
#mathart #sciart #scicomm
Over 5,500 mathematical artworks can now be browsed in an attractive new gallery-wall layout on the Bridges website, thanks to the efforts of Nathan Selikoff: gallery.bridgesmathart.org/g…
The Beauty of Mathematical Art!
Check out the #MathArt Gallery.
imaginary.org/gallery/icm-20…
#sciart #scicomm
Sneak peek into the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM): There will be a #MathArt gallery, which is already #openAccess at imaginary.org/gallery/icm-20…. It does feature my work "Heart of Domain Coloring" (with H. Lipschütz and U. Reitebuch). Go and give it a look!
ALT Domain coloring allows for the visualization of complex functions with color-lookups via a pre-image. The white grid lines correspond to function values with integer real or imaginary part. All other complex numbers are mapped to different colors by their angle to the positive real axis, using four color spectra, one for each quadrant. By placing zeros and poles in a highly symmetric configuration, we deform the coordinate axes shown in black into heart shapes. The image was created digitally by a pixel-wise evaluation of the input function.
ScienceArtHub retweeted
What does chemistry look like through an artist's eyes?
Explore the award-winning artwork from the 2025 #ChemiSTEAM Contest and learn how research inspired each piece. Read more on the #CSPBlog: ow.ly/J3TN50ZlAR5
#SciArt #Chemistry #STEM
ALT Close-up of golden fibers with text inviting to meet winners of the 2025 CSC ChemiSTEAM art contest.