Scientists observe a visible time crystal for the first time, revealing a phase of matter that repeats patterns through time.

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 ...

MIT physicists have synthesized a new family of bulk crystals whose electrons behave as though they move in an effectively four-dimensional “superspace,” rather than being fully described by the three ...

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 ...

Crystals -- from sugar and table salt to snowflakes and diamonds -- don't always grow in a straightforward way. Researchers have now captured this journey from amorphous blob to orderly structures. In ...

What happens when you put real calcite crystals in the oven? That simple question turns into a surprisingly satisfying experiment as heat is used to test what these crystals can handle and how they ...