What happens when you put real calcite crystals in the oven? That simple question turns into a surprisingly satisfying ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research reveals a hollow crystal structure and shows crystals grow in complex ways, not just step by step. (CREDIT: Unsplash) ...

Protein crystals form in microgravity in the space station’s Kibo Module. Credits: JAXA For more than two decades, the International Space Station has provided a platform for growing and studying ...

Click to open image viewer. Astronauts used this Sony video camcorder with the Thermal Enclosure System-Crystal Observation System (TES-COS) to record and observe protein crystal growth experiments ...

Click to open image viewer. Syringes such as this one were used in protein crystal growth experiments on the Space Shuttle. Astronauts activated experiments by injecting a solution into a growth cell ...

"The way they ‘studied' it there, turning it over to observe it from different angles, was amazing." ...

A dissipative time crystal is a phase of matter characterized by periodic oscillations over time, while a system is dissipating energy. In contrast with conventional time crystals, which can also ...

I am a 1974 graduate of Warwick High School. During my freshman year, I had a science class, taught by William Felger. I remember Mr. Felger as a man of short stature, with a crew cut and an ...

For more than two decades, the International Space Station has provided a platform for growing and studying protein crystals. In the early days of microgravity research, scientists discovered that ...