Crystals—from sugar and table salt to snowflakes and diamonds—don't always grow in a straightforward way. New York University researchers have captured this journey from amorphous blob to orderly ...
Researchers have successfully grown platinum crystals in liquid metal, using a powerful X-ray technique giving rare insight ...
If you dissolve sugar in hot water and then cool it down, you'll see pure sugar crystals form while impurities stay in the ...
The delicate internal structure of platinum crystals growing in liquid metal has been revealed, according to new research ...
Researchers have successfully grown platinum crystals in liquid metal, using a powerful X-ray technique giving rare insight ...
Liquid crystals occupy a fascinating state of matter that bridges the fluidity of liquids and the long-range order of crystalline solids. These materials, characterised by their mesomorphic properties ...
A long time ago, tiny crystals formed in seafloor mud and held onto secrets that would puzzle scientists for decades. These ...