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Published online 23 September 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020916-19
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Crystal remembers sounds
Information-technology material re-emits sounds it hears.
Scientists have discovered a crystal that answers back. They sent a sound wave into the material, there was a quiet pause, then it suddenly emitted the same sound.
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