Impossible crystals snag chemistry Nobel

Daniel Shechtman takes award for doggedly pursuing quasicrystals.

Daniel ShechtmanAP Photo/Ariel Schalit
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 yea...

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