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How does an LCD display work? 
  
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This site hosts a video that explains how a liquid crystal display (LCD) screen works. In the video, an engineer for the University of Illinois Urban-Champaign engineering…
https://www.oled-info.com/how-does-lcd-display-work
Physics Images: Bent-Core Liquid Crystals 
  
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This American Physical Society webpage hosts two images of bent-core liquid crystals, a particular kind of liquid crystal. The images show the effect of applying an electric field to…
https://www.aps.org/about/physics-images/archive/bentcore.cfm
The Art of Liquid Crystals 
  
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This webpage (actually, a feed) from the chemistry department at Simon Fraser University displays artistic pictures of liquid crystals.
http://www.sfu.ca/~vancew/vew/Liquid_Crystals/Pages/Photomicrographs_of_...
What are Quasicrystals, and What Makes Them Noteworthy? 
  
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This brief article explains how quasicrystals were discovered in the lab in 1982. An illustration shows the pattern made by quasicrystal atoms. This article is one of a series in…
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/quasicrystals-win-chemistry-nobel
Electronic Handedness in Copper-Silver Combo 
  
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This American Physical Society "Images from Physics" webpage hosts an image of chiral surface patterns produced on surfaces of non-chiral molecules. The page includes a link to the…
https://www.aps.org/about/physics-images/archive/achiral.cfm
Ice Spikes 
  
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This webpage from SnowCrystals.com provides instructions for growing ice spikes in ordinary freezer. The page explains the physics of growing these spikes and concludes useful…
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/icespikes/icespikes.htm
SnowCrystals.com 
  
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See this site for the story of snowflakes and how their crystals develop such intricate patterns, with many shown in illustrations. You can also get useful tips on snowflake-watching…
http://snowcrystals.com/
We Can Figure This Out Virtual Labs 
  
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If you'd like to learn more about electricity, visit this virtual laboratory from the University of Virginia and see the 3D animations and interactive models. Topics covered range…
https://www.wecanfigurethisout.org/VL/home.htm
The Quartz Watch 
  
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Read stories of the inventors whose work lead to the quartz digital watch, which dominates the watch market. Learn about the science and technology on which these watches run.
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http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/quartz/
Physics in Action: Tiny Machines 
  
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This feature from Physics Central presents tiny machines, including Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)--sets of gears, wheels, and ratchets all cut from the same silicon…
https://www.physicscentral.com/explore/action/machines.cfm
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