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Impossible crystals snag chemistry Nobel

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Daniel Shechtman takes award for doggedly pursuing quasicrystals.

A materials scientist who discovered crystals with structures that many believed to be impossible — and who stubbornly held his ground against fierce opposition — has claimed this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Van Noorden, R. Impossible crystals snag chemistry Nobel. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.572

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