Sorcerers have long gazed into crystal balls to conjure up information. Chemists are also getting in on the act, using porous crystals to trap unstable reaction intermediates and to reveal their structures.
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Cohen, S. Molecular crystal balls. Nature 461, 602–603 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/461602a
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