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University of Wisconsin materials scientists grew these lead-sulfide nanowires [above] in the shape of pine trees, with a main trunk and branches spiraling around it like a helical staircase. Structures like this were difficult to make—until the researchers found that a single screw-shaped dislocation embedded in the trunk wire causes a spiral of branches to sprout.
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