Making stuff up

Making stuff up The PARADIM Bulk Crystal Growth Facility makes the materials of tomorrow with the help of some very specialized, very hot furnaces By Annie Prud'homme-Généreux / Published Dec 22, 2020 It's a very special delivery. About once a month, researchers at the PARADIM Bulk Crystal Growth Facility place a small parcel in the mail. They wrap the precious cargo in bubble wrap and packing peanuts, apply a "fragile" sticker, and write "nontoxic mineral crystals" on top to describe its content. Postal service employees ferry the parcel across the country. Unbeknownst to them, they are transporting substances that—up until a few days ago—had never existed.