{
  "id": 9222980,
  "title": "The secret to a perfect crystal may be a precisely calibrated extra turn",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/the-secret-to-a-perfect-crystal-may-be-a-precisely-calibrated-extra",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-22T23:20:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-secret-crystal-precisely-calibrated-extra.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Creating a perfect crystal sounds straightforward: Arrange identical building blocks into a repeating, orderly structure. At the microscopic scale, though, even subtle biases in how particles interact can push them in preferred directions, making it harder to form uniform crystalline materials.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}