A completely new form of organized matter has been discovered: ~ a woven crystal. Normally, crystalline formation is a tessellation of local domains, but exceptions are structures like DNA and the brain. In this case, they have created a crystal that is woven in an interconnected layering throughout the structure, and this has happened at close to room temperature. It can be woven and unwoven, memory storage, transfer, erasure, start again... 'Topological protected structures also occur in complex biological systems, where information is securely stored in extended woven structures, such as the double-helical structure of DNA and the bundled fiber networks of the brain. The key to enhanced stability and plasticity lies in the inherent structural geometry, whereby each composing thread extends and weaves throughout the entire fabric, so that short of cutting the threads, the fabric will maintain its integrity irrespective of external perturbations or noise.' That is what they've accomplished with this new crystalline form. It's stable for several hours under infrared light. It could have applications in superconductors, liquid crystals, and quantum computing. nature.com/articles/s41377-0…