Crystals are renowned for being hard and brittle.
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It’s a crystal - but not as you’ve seen it before. A new crystal can be bent and flexed, and is expected to deliver new responsive materials for emerging technologies.
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Scientists theorised, disproved, revamped and finally created a bizarre new form of matter in just five years.
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Liquid water develops different properties above around 50°C.
Tick tock, tick tock… You can’t hide from the molecular clock.
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The molecular clock is helping us deepen our knowledge of evolution and completing the tree of life. But how does it actually work?
A hollow molecular shell made up of 40 boron atoms has been observed for the first time, potentially opening up the way for…