Many natural compounds that act on the human body provide active ingredients for medicines or clues for developing them, and ...

(Nanowerk News) For more than 100 years, scientists have been using X-ray crystallography to determine the structure of crystalline materials such as metals, rocks, and ceramics. This technique works ...

When scientists study how materials behave under extreme conditions, they typically examine what happens under compression. But what occurs when you pull matter apart in all directions simultaneously?

Florida State University scientists have engineered a new crystal that forces atomic magnets to swirl into complex, repeating ...

Most natural diamonds have ages between 1 billion and 3.5 billion years. Diamond is the only gem with a single element. Do ...

Crucially, the silver remained in its positively charged ionic form rather than becoming metallic again. The researchers ...

Water doesn’t behave the same way in a glass as it does as ice in your freezer. When water is heated to several thousand ...