Researchers at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a new way to ...

Mucic acid crystals grown from a water-based solution achieved a record-breaking stiffness for an organic crystal.

New research sharpens understanding of the hidden symmetry in a mysterious superconductor. Superconductors are materials that ...

Scientists have discovered a giant cosmic filament where galaxies spin in sync with the structure that holds them together.

Duplicates of crystal structures are flooding databases, implicating repositories hosting organic, inorganic, and computer-generated crystals. While some database administrators are mum about ...

New research offers clearer insight into how phase transitions unfold at the atomic scale in real materials. When ice turns into water, the change happens almost instantly. Once the melting ...

Solar cells, devices that can generate electricity from sunlight, are already helping to reduce fossil fuel emissions in many ...

Researchers have identified a new magnetic state that blends stability with electrical readout, a key challenge in future ...

Deep beneath our feet, far beyond the reach of drills or submersibles, Earth hides a solid metal heart that behaves in ways geophysicists have struggled to explain. New experiments now suggest that a ...