WATCH: Chemistry has never looked so good

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A team of scientists in China is working on a
new project to highlight the beauty of chemistry
through different forms of technology. This
stunning video is just the beginning.
Created as part of a collaboration between the
Institute of Advanced Technology at the
University of Science and Technology of China
(USTC) and Tsinghua University Press, this video
is a taste of things to come in an upcoming
project known simply as Beautiful
Chemistry. While the team has so far given out
very little information about their project, other
than this video and a follow-up posted below, all
will no doubt be revealed next month when it’s
scheduled to launch.
The project includes several chemistry professors
and experts in digital and interactive technology,
and is being led by Yan Liang from USTC, who in
2012 was one of the scientific animators for E.
O. Wilson’s revolutionary digital textbook, Life
on Earth . Through advanced computer graphics,
animations and interactive technology, the team
is working on creating complex visualisations
based on recent scientific research to highlight
the most beautiful chemical structures known to
science at both molecular and macroscopic
scales.
Check out the second trailer below. We're
excited to see what's next for these guys!