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Liquid crystals spot bacteria to order Liquid crystals could one day be used as bio-sensors, detecting the presence of minute amounts of pathogens. That is the claim of a US group of researchers, who have demonstrated how a liquid crystal changes orientation in the presence of bacteria.  |
Chemistry World April 18, 2006 Jon Evans |
Viruses Display Liquid Crystal Control Researchers have discovered that viruses can control the orientation of liquid crystals. Harnessing this ability could aid the development of nanomaterials and biosensors, they claim.  |
Science News December 23, 2000 |
Science Safari: Snowflake Central Stunning photos, fascinating historical material, and an informative snowflake physics primer highlight this Web site...  |
Science News November 25, 2006 |
Science Safari: Snow Crystals A Web site, created by a physicist, provides an introduction to the physics of snowflake formation, information on growing snowflakes, and ideas for snow and ice activities.  |
Geotimes August 2007 Carolyn Gramling |
Earth's Core is Solid, After All Seismic waves passing through Earth's center have long puzzled researchers, as some waves travel fast enough to indicate that Earth's inner core is solid iron-nickel crystals, but they do not travel quite as quickly as scientists would expect, based on studies of stiff iron alloys.  |
Reactive Reports Issue 33 David Bradley |
Two-faced Liquid Crystals A new class of programmable liquid crystals could be used to make variable optical filters for laboratory instrumentation and digital cameras; they might even be used to treat dyslexia.  |
BusinessWeek April 17, 2006 Gene G. Marcial |
Corning Turns A Corner Corning has bounced back by shifting its focus to the liquid-crystal business.  |