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Physicists Make Crystal/Liquid Interface Visible for First Time

Posted August 11, 2009 10:29 AM

From PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories:

"Imagine you're a water molecule in a glass of ice water, and you're floating right on the boundary of the ice and the water," proposes Emory University physicist Eric Weeks. "So how do you know if you're a solid or a liquid?"

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08/12/2009 11:42 AM

Seems like a waist of time to me to devot your career on something like this.
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08/12/2009 2:15 PM

It is obviously a waste of time to educate people on the fundamental principles of Science and English. And yet we still try.

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