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 ...

For the first time ever, researchers have watched the mesmerizing process of nanoparticles self-assembling into solid materials. In the stunning new videos, particles rain down, tumble along ...

Crystals don't always grow the way we thought. A team of researchers has just discovered a new type of crystal that shatters preconceived ideas about how they form. Scientists from New York University ...

Scientists at TU Wien (Vienna) report that an exotic quantum phenomenon appears under conditions where it would not normally be expected. Nature follows many rhythms: the Earth’s orbit around the sun ...

Crystals might look simple, but their growth tells a far more complex and fascinating story. From grains of salt to diamonds, crystals form when particles lock into repeating patterns. For many years, ...

For those curious about crystals, Mentor Public Library’s Lake Branch is hosting a free introduction at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 21. A speaker from Peace, Love, and Crystal Healing of Willoughby will discuss ...

Snowflakes are like letters from the sky, each crystal a note describing the atmosphere as it falls to the ground. They float effortlessly, but their creation is one of nature’s most complicated ...

Quartz crystals in the atmosphere of foreign world WASP-17b have been found to form high-altitude clouds on the gas giant. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The right mix of hot, humid, rising air can produce some of the most powerful weather phenomena on the planet.