International Year of Crystallography
2014 event for X-ray crystallography / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The International Year of Crystallography (abbreviation: IYCr2014) is an event promoted in the year 2014 by the United Nations to celebrate the centenary of the discovery of X-ray crystallography and to emphasise the global importance of crystallography in human life.
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UNESCO and the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) are responsible for this event.
The opening ceremony of the International Year of Crystallography was held in Paris on 20 and 21 January 2014.[1] Many activities will follow to celebrate the International Year of Crystallography all over the world.[1]
The event drew the attention of the BBC[2] and the Spanish newspaper El País.[3]