Salt with an unusual structure (IMAGE)
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Salt with an unusual structure: as Max Planck researchers have established, the calcium acetate hemihydrate that makes up the efflorescences on Torretti's "Adoration of the Shepherds" crystallizes into a triple helix, such as that also formed by collagen.
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Sebastian Bette
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