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SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Art@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 month ago

Eshel Ben-Jacob saw bacterial colonies as canvases—and let them paint.

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Eshel Ben-Jacob saw bacterial colonies as canvases—and let them paint.

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SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Art@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 month ago
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  • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social
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    1 month ago

    Wow, I’d not heard of this. Here’s a great article on it, and also fun to read:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/colonies-of-growing-bacteria-make-psychedelic-art-22351157/

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      Smithsonian have some really good stuff! Thanks for sharing, I hadn’t seen this before

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    So he spread nutrients in a pattern first, right?

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      It sounds like after doing normal science (seeing how they reacted to changing environment or introduction of antibiotics) he realized there was a “language” to the reactions, that he could then play with to elicit different patterns more deterministically. They are colorless too, he used a blue dye and then photoshop to make whatever colors helped highlight the “art”.

      Quite neat.

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    That’s lovely. Thank you

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