If you dissolve sugar in hot water and then cool it down, you'll see pure sugar crystals form while impurities stay in the ...

Researchers have successfully grown platinum crystals in liquid metal, using a powerful X-ray technique giving rare insight ...

Researchers have successfully grown platinum crystals in liquid metal, using a powerful X-ray technique giving rare insight ...

For the first time, scientists have watched metal crystals take shape inside a pool of molten metal, capturing a process that ...

Scientists have pulled off a rare feat of watching platinum crystals grow inside liquid metal in real time, a process that ...

Machine learning could help grow high-quality single crystals by predicting whether a particular crystal can be successfully grown under given experimental conditions. The approach could be an ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The crystals are ready for their close-ups. News media are invited to watch scientists gather Saturday (Jan. 18) at the University at Buffalo to examine over 170 crystals submitted by ...

Scientifically speaking, the term “crystal” refers to any solid that has an ordered chemical structure. This means that its parts are arranged in a precisely ordered pattern, like bricks in a wall.

A new study analyzed the nanoscale chemistry of the Blechnum orientale fern, which can form tiny crystals of monazite within ...

The first step is picking out a crystal-growing kit. They are cheap and average from $5 and up! I've even seen them at the dollar store.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — In 2014, University at Buffalo crystallographer Jason Benedict had an idea: What better way to share his love of science and crystals than to start a nationwide contest in which kids ...