(Nanowerk News) Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researchers have found a way to grow crystal islands that could halve the time and cost of some science experiments. Dr Vishakya ...

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Make Valentine’s Day magical! Learn how to grow heart-shaped borax crystals with this easy DIY science experiment anyone can try. Gather your kids around the table for this fun exploration into ...

These crystals can do some crazy things. One recent paper reports crystals that ripple like snakes as their molecules rearrange from one polymorph to another at their phase-transition temperature. And ...

Here’s an exercise for you: type “crystals” into your favorite search engine and see what you get. If you’re anything like us, you’ll get a bunch of pseudoscientific posts about the healing power of ...

Quantum entanglement is often described as one of nature’s strangest secrets. Now, scientists have found it inside a crystal large enough to see without a microscope. The discovery shows that quantum ...

In an attempt to understand our own fascination with the shiny minerals, researchers gave some to chimps. A chimp named Toti attentively observes a quartz crystal at a rehabilitation facility in Spain ...