Metal detectorists in southwest England unearthed the two gold-and-garnet objects from the Anglo-Saxon period in January.

The technology described in Nature Materials could greatly improve cooling in high-performance electronics, allowing for ...

Pyrite is often dismissed as “fool’s gold” but this mineral creates some of the most stunning crystals in nature. Walk into ...

Maybe flat band materials will lead to real room-temperature superconductors. Maybe. If you just want to make your own metal crystals, you can, but don’t expect exotic properties.

copper crystals. You can see the result in the video below. To grow pure metal crystals, he used copper wire and copper sulfate. He also used a special regulated power supply to create a low ...

The olive-green crystals set in lustrous metal are unique to pallasites and so unlike anything on Earth that pallasites were the first rocks to be identified as of extraterrestrial origin.