Scientist takes Novel Prize for derided work on ‘impossible’ crystals.
A scientist has won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work that was consistently ridiculed by his colleagues. The new types of ‘impossible’ quasicrystals have fundamentally changed how science views matter. The crystals produce beautiful geometric patterns reminiscent of cathedral stained-glass windows, but the structural elements never repeat exactly. They are incredibly strong, have hardly [...]
Oct 5 2011 | Posted in Science | Read More »
