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Published online 13 September 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060911-7
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Just a pretty phase?
Solid red oxygen: useless but delightful.
Scientists have revealed the crystal structure of a dark red form of solid oxygen that forms at immense pressures. The results are surprising, elegant — and entirely useless.
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