Did life grind to a start?

J. Michael McBride and John C. Tully
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J. Michael McBride: Yale University, Box 208107, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA. j.mcbride@yale.edu john.tully@yale.edu
John C. Tully: Yale University, Box 208107, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA. j.mcbride@yale.edu john.tully@yale.edu

Nature, 2008, vol. 452, issue 7184, 161-162

Abstract: Many solids can adopt two mirror-image crystal forms, and often grow as mixtures of both. A curious mechanism of crystal growth might explain why some mixtures convert into one form when subjected to grinding.

Date: 2008
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