A new synchrotron technique has revealed a mysterious underlying structure in the atomic arrangement of a material that could unlock new insights into the design of new materials. The technique, developed by an international team of scientists from the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford, uses a device called a synchrotron to capture the details of atoms within a material, which has until now been impossible to study. The results, published in the journal Nature Materials, show that the atomic structure is not as simple as previously thought, and could be used to better understand the properties of materials and inform the design of new materials with specific properties.

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