The frustration that atomic interactions can undergo is not unlike that occurring when human aims are thwarted. An elegant study offers a way of visualizing the hitherto mysterious dynamics of 'frustrated' systems.
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Harris, M. The eternal triangle. Nature 456, 886–887 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/456886a
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