Under the right circumstances, electrons can actually “freeze” into a bizarre solid form. Now, physicists at Berkeley Lab ...

Electrons typically travel at high speeds, zipping through matter unbound. In the 1930s, physicist Eugene Wigner predicted that electrons could be coaxed into stillness at low densities and cold ...

Researchers have taken direct images of the Wigner molecular crystal, a new quantum phase of an electron solid. The ...

In a new study published in Nature Communications, scientists have implemented the topologically ordered time crystal on a ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars by uncovering pure sulfur crystals within a broken rock.

Some gemstones are crystals, such as amethyst, which is a variety of the mineral quartz and is often cut into gemstone form. Not all crystals get the gemstone treatment, however (just look at poor old ...

Minerals are generally inorganic, naturally occurring solids (though we humans have had a stab at creating our own in the lab ... cut into gemstone form. Not all crystals get the gemstone ...

A breakthrough discovery in indium selenide could revolutionize memory storage technology by enabling crystalline-to-glass ...

Scientists have finally proven the existence of "supersolids," a bizarre state of matter that behaves like both a liquid and ...

Scientists have spotted microplastics, tiny pieces of plastic smaller than 5 millimeters, in some of the most pristine ...

Researchers at Cornell have engineered a groundbreaking porous crystal using a unique fusion of macrocycle and molecular cage ...

To expand the potential use of diamond in semiconductor and quantum technologies, researchers are developing improved processes for growing the material at lower temperatures that won't damage the ...