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Our liquid crystal in your 3D television

Displays are not only getting larger, they are also increasingly offering a three-dimensional view. "Reactive mesogens" are now making such displays suitable for the mass market. This class of materials is in demand as a universal optical tool. Merck has substantially expanded its production capacit

Fluid Crystallized Intelligence

There are probably two types of intelligence. Fluid intelligence is your ability to think quickly. It relies on the ability to maintain attention and benefits from a strong working memory. Crystalline intelligence is the ability to apply knowledge from previous learning processes that has been store

Turning Forks into Mutagenic Crystals

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Making a Deadly Liquid that Builds Computers

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More safety: Smart automotive lighting

How can headlights illuminate the road perfectly without blinding other traffic? For decades, the solution was to switch manually between high and low beam — until technological developments made an automatically responding matrix headlight possible. Scientists are now conducting further research in

The Most Dangerous Chemical Ive Ever Made.

Head to https://squarespace.com/amateurchemistry to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code AMATEURCHEMISTRY In this video I make and experiment with a deadly and mutagenic chemical called chromium trioxide, use some fork-derived Cheeto dust to make stunning crystals, and