Mucic acid crystals grown from a water-based solution achieved a record-breaking stiffness for an organic crystal.

A new theory 'demystifies' the crystallization process and shows that the material that crystallizes is the dominant component within a solution -- which is the solvent, not the solute. The theory ...

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