The discovery of crystallographic imperfections known as disclinations in the most profuse mineral in Earth's upper mantle has the potential to solve a problem that has vexed mineral physicists for decades. See Article p.51
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Hirth, G. Missing link in mantle dynamics. Nature 507, 42–43 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13064
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