Dark Matter and Dark Energy are two of the greatest mysteries in science. According to this video, many scientists think that the universe is made up of only 5% what we can see, with Dark Matter making up 25% and Dark Energy 70%.
A group of researchers at the University of Chicago’s Institute for Molecular Engineering (IME) is putting liquid crystals to work in a completely unexpected realm: as detectors for the protein fibers implicated in the development of neuro-degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s.