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Study: Narcissists are less likely to support democracy

The level of support for democracy depends on the person`s self-esteem; narcissistic persons are less inclined to support this system, according to a study conducted with the participation of psychologists from the Polish Academy of Sciences and the University of Warsaw.

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Structural details of monolayers revealed

Liquid crystal layers a single molecule thick can form extremely complicated structures. The complex construction of these monolayers makes it difficult to visualize them using standard scanning microscopy. Despite this, images from an STM, obtained at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, reveal, for the first time, structural details of monolayers of liquid crystal dimers, also indicating the mechanisms responsible for the birth of chirality.

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