Liquid crystal is a curious phase of matter. It has the ability at once to flow like water and to refract like ice. It was closely observed if not yet named by experts in 1888 but they found no practical use for it. Probed and imaged for decades its unique properties were eventually harnessed for an age of screenbased media. Now liquid crystal is ubiquitous communicating selling and delighting in flatscreen LCDs computers and mobile devices. We also now know that it exists inside our bodies. F