crystallography
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of crystallography
First recorded in 1795–1805; crystallo- + -graphy
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"We show that enculturated chimpanzees can distinguish crystals from other stones," said lead author Prof Juan Manuel García-Ruiz, an Ikerbasque Research Professor on crystallography at the Donostia International Physics Center in San Sebastián.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
It was certainly true his book could be unkind and gossipy, but that was why the public, which likely had trouble sorting out the details of crystallography and hydrogen bonds, loved it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
Further analysis using X-ray crystallography and thermodynamic simulations revealed that tetramer formation is driven by hydrophobic interactions occurring between two 3D-DS dimers.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 2023
The team led by Professor Saskia Hogenhout at the John Innes Centre, in partnership with The Sainsbury Laboratory, has employed X-ray crystallography to unveil the structure and functional mechanism of SAP05.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2023
Instead I told them that I now knew that X-ray crystallography was the key to genetics.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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