Researchers at Diamond Light Source have used advanced imaging to look at microscopic crystals, called nanolites, to see what ...

Crystals might look simple, but their growth tells a far more complex and fascinating story. From grains of salt to diamonds, ...

A team at CU Boulder has made a curious state of matter in which particles move constantly—like a clock with hands and gears ...

Researchers created a strange quantum crystal from a material found in smartphones—the first of its kind visible to the naked ...

Ancient crystals reveal that Earth began recycling its crust and forming continents billions of years earlier than scientists ...

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 ...

Crystal engineering harnesses the principles of supramolecular chemistry to design and synthesise novel crystalline architectures with tailored properties. By exploiting specific intermolecular ...

A new study reveals Earth's essential features formed within its first 100 million years, challenging long-held theories.