Spitrobot is a groundbreaking experimental device developed by scientists in Hamburg that simplifies observing protein changes and makes time-resolved crystallography more accessible. This will speed…
Researchers have used terahertz light pulses to induce ferromagnetism in a crystal at temperatures far above its normal transition temperature, paving the way for optically…
Neutron scattering reveals coherent waves of ‘spin excitons’ in nickelate crystal. Rice University physicists discovered “spin excitons” in nickel molybdate crystals, a new type of…
Researchers provide direct evidence that the magnetic properties of the novel icosahedral quasicrystals depend on the electrons-per-atom ratio. Professor Ryuji Tamura’s team at Tokyo University…
A novel technique for material analysis combines resonant X-ray diffraction and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance. The researchers at Tokyo Tech have uncovered the previously unknown…
When it comes to crystals, we tend to imagine solid, rigid structures with distinct, repeating patterns, such as ice, salt, and quartz. However, new research…
A hidden pattern of electrons could provide clues to exotic quantum behavior. Hidden stripes in a crystal could help scientists understand the mysterious behavior of…
A key aspect of the study was the deployment of density functional theory (DFT), a method derived from quantum mechanics and used in solid-state physics…
First real-time glimpse into the growth habits of nanoparticles. Found in salt, sugar, snowflakes, and gemstones, crystals are highly ordered, layered structures Although crystals are…
Rice theorists have developed a method that can accurately predict the shapes of crystals that do not have symmetry. The shape of a crystal is…
A synthetic sulfide mineral with thermoelectric properties. In the effort to efficiently convert heat into electricity, easily accessible materials from harmless raw materials open up…
Tokyo Tech developed a new cell-free protein crystallization (CFPC) method that includes direct protein crystallization and is a major advancement in the field of structural…
Strange diamonds from an ancient dwarf planet in our solar system may have formed shortly after the dwarf planet collided with a large asteroid about…
The strange carbon microcrystals have been studied by scientists from Chelyabinsk State University. On February 15, 2013, above Chelyabinsk in Russia’s Southern Urals, the biggest…
Single-shot spectroscopy techniques provide scientists with a new understanding of a mysterious light-driven process. Harold “Doc” Edgerton, the late MIT professor, developed high-speed strobe-flash photography…
Their swirling, clustering behavior may someday inform the design of self-assembling robotic swarms. A starfish embryo, in its earliest stages, before it sprouts its distinctive…
Scientists have succeeded for the first time in realizing a time crystal that spontaneously breaks continuous time translation symmetry. The researchers, from the Institute of…
Time crystals were long believed to be impossible because their perpetual motion would seem to defy the laws of physics. However, using quantum physics scientists…
