Glass arrested on the road to crystallization
Experiments on colloidal gels shed light on how glass is formed
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Viruses get X-rayed
New technique generates X-ray diffraction images of single viruses
Table-top experiment could explain why continents drift
Interactions between convection cells and solid objects provide insight into how 'supercontinents' form and then break apart
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Combination technique shows the strain
Moiré technique and electron holography combined to give 2D strain map
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NMR sheds new light on protein interactions
Free proteins change shape prior to binding, say biophysicists
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Shrimp see a polarized world
Biophysics experiment reveals how shrimp could find food and mates using circularly polarized light
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Polar vortex replicated in a bucket
Researchers make triangular, square and other polygonal vortices appear in swirling water
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Synchrotron proves Europeans were not the first painters to use oils
Scientists find Afghan oil paintings that date back hundreds of years before the Renaissance
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Graphene makes for better optical displays
2D carbon material has a transparency that trumps conventional LCD electrodes
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Free-electron laser benefits from ‘seed’ light
Technique produces shortest wavelengths for a FEL
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