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Steve Nagler

The truth is neutron scattering is not important, according to Steve Nagler. The knowledge gained from using it is what’s important

Vanadium atoms (blue) have unusually large thermal vibrations that stabilize the metallic state of a vanadium dioxide crystal. Red depicts oxygen atoms.

For more than 50 years, scientists have debated what turns particular oxide insulators, in which electrons barely move, into metals, in which electrons flow freely.