Rehovot Structural Biologists Published Article in Science Magazine

Leading Text: "Many organisms use a most unexpected strategy for forming large single crystals such as those that make up mineralized skeletal parts. Although nucleation and growth of a crystal occur from a solid disordered phase that has the characteristics of a melt phase, the process is accomplished at ambient temperatures and pressures. This strategy allows organisms to mold the crystals into unusual shapes and orient them at will..."

The authors are in the Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel. E-mail: steve.weiner[at]weizmann.ac.il.

Source: Choosing the Crystallization Path Less Traveled. S. Weiner, I. Sagi, L. Addadi. Science Vol.309, Issue 5737, 1027-1028 (12 August 2005) doi: 10.1126/science.1114920 [FullText]