Scientists have long been intrigued by a mechanism first predicted by Alan Turing that leads to self-organizing chemical patterns. Now they have a guide to creating them experimentally.
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Taylor, A., Tinsley, M. A path to patterns. Nature Chem 1, 340–341 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.310
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