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The hidden structure of liquids

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From its earliest days, crystallography has been viewed as a means to probe order in matter. J. D. Bernal's work on the structure of water reframed it as a means of examining the extent to which matter can be regarded as orderly.

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Ball, P. The hidden structure of liquids. Nature Mater 13, 758–759 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4036

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