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At Smallest Scale, Liquid Crystal Behavior Portends New Materials
May 2, 2012
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Liquid crystals, the state of matter that makes possible the flat screen technology now commonly used in televisions and computers, may have some new technological tricks in store. Full StorySource
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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