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🧪 Have you ever noticed that the number of atoms in a primitive unit cell for inorganic materials tends to be a multiple of four? Gazzarrini et al. spotted this pattern across large databases and called it the "Rule of Four" — but couldn't fully explain why. Now, Robert Palgrave offers a beautifully simple explanation in this Matters Arising piece 👇 🔑 Th…