Duplicates of crystal structures are flooding databases, implicating repositories hosting organic, inorganic, and computer-generated crystals. The issue raises questions about curation practices at ...

#idea #DIY #Tutorial #LanAnhHandmade #jewelry You can use any wire you have. Small wire will be easier to manipulate but the strength will not be as high. You can resize or combine the beads as you ...

The brilliantly shiny diamond is more than just pretty; it's one of the hardest minerals on Earth, with a name derived from the Greek word adámas, meaning unbreakable. Scientists have now engineered a ...

Instead of always forming building block by building block, scientists are learning that crystals can grow through more complex pathways. Credit: Shihao Zang/NYU Meet “Zangenite,” a hollow crystal ...

From the delicate patterns of snowflakes to the robust structure of diamonds, crystals are all around us. For a long time, scientists believed their growth followed a predictable path. But now, ...

School of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, China. Phenolic acids are polyphenols that occur naturally in plants, which are found in a ...

In April 1982, Prof. Dan Shechtman of the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology made the discovery that would later earn him the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: the quasiperiodic crystal. According ...