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First experiment · June 2026

Four water samples.
One exploratory question.

Could a water-powered turbine and laser setup be associated with visible differences in subsequent crystal-image observations?

Experimental design

Four conditions prepared from the same water supply.

A

Control

B

Turbine

C

Turbine + 50 mW laser

D

Turbine + 200 mW laser

Procedure

Four samples were prepared under different conditions: untreated control water, water exposed to the turbine setup, and water exposed to the turbine while it powered either a 50 mW or 200 mW laser.

The samples were submitted for crystal photography and classification. The supplied workbook records 50 classifications for each condition.

Interpretation boundary

The project reports the supplied observations. It does not treat the resulting differences as proof that the turbine or laser caused a change in water structure.

Transport, freezing, image selection, classification and the absence of independent replication remain relevant limitations.

Reported observations

Combined hexagon classifications.

The figures combine the workbook categories “Beautiful,” “Inclined,” “Deformed” and “Simple Hexagon,” divided by 50 observations per sample.

Example crystal photograph for sample A: Control
AControl12%6 of 50 classifications
Example crystal photograph for sample B: Turbine
BTurbine14%7 of 50 classifications
Example crystal photograph for sample C: Turbine + 50 mW laser
CTurbine + 50 mW laser18%9 of 50 classifications
Example crystal photograph for sample D: Turbine + 200 mW laser
DTurbine + 200 mW laser18%9 of 50 classifications
What these results mean today

Visible differences were reported. They are exploratory observations that motivate a better-controlled test—not proof of the hypothesis.

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