UBC scientists have demonstrated a reversible way to switch the topological state of a quantum material using mechanisms ...

Mislabeled, lab-grown, and made from plastic—fakes abound in the crystals industry. Who’s going to do anything about it? By Maddie Stone Published Sep 12, 2023 9:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science ...

Physicists in the Netherlands have identified a type of crystal that, bizarrely, can turn uncharacteristically floppy and soft on the outside. Crystals are typically hard solids that are distinguished ...

Deepmind AI tool catapults materials science 800 years into the future By Loz Blain November 29, 2023 A robotic lab at Berkeley has already created 41 of the 380,000 new inorganic crystals discovered ...

Mesmerizing videos offer a new look at the ways crystals form. The real-time clips, described March 30 in Nature Nanotechnology, show closeup views of microscopic gold particles tumbling, sliding and ...

Researchers have discovered a new type of crystal that can manipulate light in a way similar to the gravitational forces of black holes. The "pseudogravity" has potential applications in 6G ...

But it’s not so easy to measure whether such bodily energy exists in the first place, Jarry says. Scientists can study other forms of energy, like gravity or the energy contained in food, because we ...

Crystals vibrate at specific frequencies. This property is used in electronics. Some believe crystals can influence human energy. Science has not fully verified these claims. Placebo effects may ...

Sometimes, compounds crystallize in unexpected ways. This is a problem for drug manufacturers, who need to create consistent products. Scientists are working to understand why substances take on ...