Why snow crystal shapes change from thin, flat plates to long, slender needles when the temperature changes remains something of a scientific mystery.

为什么在温度变化时雪晶的形状也随着变化，从薄且平的盘状变成长且细的针状，这仍是一个科学之谜。

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FROM tiny mobile phones to enormous flat-panel televisions,liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) are everywhere.

如今，小到手机，大到平板电视机，液晶显示器可以说是无处不在。

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The solar and LED businesses already struggle with oversupply, meaning Samsung may get walloped by the same dramatic price erosion as it has seen in liquid-crystal flat panels.

太阳能和LED行业已经有供应过量的危险，这就意味着三星可能会承受与液晶平板曾经一样剧烈的价格下跌的打击。

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In his 50-year career, Ovshinsky received more than 400 patents in the U.S. and more than 800 foreign patents covering a range of technologies, including nickel-metal hydride batteries, rewritable CDs, DVD optical discs, flat-screen liquid crystal displays, hydrogen fuel cells, thin-film solar cells and others.

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The most advanced weather radar on the market, for example, lets pilots page through screens showing ever-changing maps of what's ahead--rain, approaching thunderstorms, turbulence, wind-shear threats--all color-coded on flat liquid crystal displays.

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The Osaka-based maker of flat-screen TVs, liquid crystal display (LCD) panels and the Aquos brand of consumer electronics, is negotiating a tie-up with Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry, owned by Foxconn Technology Group.

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