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🐝 Amber: An Insect Frozen in Time

3D simulation of tree resin trapping an insect and hardening into amber: Arrhenius cross-linking, Fickian oxygen flux through the shell, and an unsealed control specimen.

Chemistry & Materials3DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted🟠 Blender🌍 Earth ⇄ 2D version

⚙ Under the hood

3D simulation of tree resin trapping an insect and cross-linking into solid amber, with an Arrhenius polymerization model, a Fickian oxygen-flux seal and a side-by-side unsealed control specimen.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install