(Jerusalem Post) Judy Siegel-Itzkovich - An artificial, porous, single crystal of gold has been "grown" for the first time by scientists at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, according to a report in the journal Nature Communications. Doctoral student Maria Koifman-Khristosov said, "These materials clearly have many potential applications. Single crystals have multiple advantages [that]...include mechanical strength, high resistance to heat and enhanced conduction of electricity and heat."
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