Mid- and far-infrared birefringent crystals are key functional materials for polarization control, laser technologies, and ...

CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. — A tornado touched down in the Crystal River area of Citrus County on Sunday, Spectrum Bay News 9's weather experts confirmed. It most likely started as a waterspout around 6 p.m.

It has been revealed that simply twisting and stacking two layers of oxide crystals can allow the atomic arrangement itself ...

These newly discovered spinning crystals twist, break, and heal themselves, revealing a strange new side of solid matter.

When materials become just one atom thick, melting no longer follows the familiar rules. Instead of jumping straight from solid to liquid, an unusual in-between state emerges, where atomic positions ...

These chemical oddities may explain why Earth seems to be deficient in certain elements — and could prove useful in catalysts ...

"You need so much water that we think these could be evidence of an ancient warmer and wetter climate where there was rain falling for millions of years." ...

New research uses tiny mineral clues to show people moved Stonehenge stones, not glaciers, changing how we view ancient engineering.

Explore the jungle in free play mode and collect crystals. Gain achievements for solving puzzles. Choose and play as different characters. You’ve explored jungles, caves and ancient tombs on your ...

Scientists have opened a pristine time capsule from 1.4 billion years ago, and its contents are challenging long-held assumptions about the evolution of life on Earth. By analyzing microscopic air ...

X-ray diffraction methods lie at the foundation of materials science. Determination of the crystal structures of natural minerals and, later, of crystals grown in the laboratory led to our ...