Without X-ray diffraction, we’d never have worked out the structure of DNA. It’s also my favourite prize because it’s a beautiful mixture of fundamental scientific principles, bringing in ...

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Srinivasarao described the self-aligning of liquid crystals Sept 14 at the 232nd national meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Francisco. His presentation was part of the session ...

Lithography brings liquid crystals into line 17 Jun 2002 US scientists could have the answer to the long-standing problem of molecular alignment in liquid crystals. Cast your mind back a couple of ...

To date, solving structures of potential therapeutics using X-ray diffraction (XRD) has been an assumed, pivotal step in the drug development process. But a recent paper by a team of researchers led ...

Single-crystal X-ray Diffraction (SCXRD) is a non-destructive analytical technique which provides detailed information about the internal lattice of crystalline substances, including unit cell ...

One of the nuggets, the largest at 7 oz., was valued at $1.5 million if it were a single crystal, so it was paramount the nuggets not be harmed by the testing.