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Scientific American

March 1, 1993

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High on Gravity

Increasing the g's grows crystals with few defects

By Philip Yam

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Philip Yam is the managing editor of ScientificAmerican.com, responsible for the overall news content online. He began working at the magazine in 1989, first as a copyeditor and then as a features editor specializing in physics. He is the author of The Pathological Protein: Mad Cow, Chronic Wasting and Other Prion Diseases.

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 268 Issue 3This article was originally published with the title “High on Gravity” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 268 No. 3 (), p. 138
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0393-138
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