"Scientists Prove Doubters Wrong by Creating Record-Breaking Quasicrystal"

Scientists have created the largest-ever quasicrystal, a structure that was previously considered impossible, by jiggling thousands of metal beads in a tray for a week. Quasicrystals are crystals that have an ordered arrangement of atoms but do not repeat in a regular pattern. The researchers used computer simulations to determine the best types of particles to form a large quasicrystal and found that two particles should be used. The resulting quasicrystal had a tiled, non-repeating structure composed of large and small spheres. While practical applications for quasicrystals are still in the future, their unique properties could have potential uses in heat shielding, steel reinforcement, and bone repair.