Crystals—from sugar and table salt to snowflakes and diamonds—don't always grow in a straightforward way. New York University ...

Many modern industrial processes depend on complex chemistry. Take fertilizer production, for example: to make it, companies ...

In a new study published on April 3 in Nature, researchers added over a dozen states to the growing quantum zoo. "Some of these states have never been seen before," said lead author Xiaoyang Zhu, ...

Researchers have identified antiferromagnetism in a real icosahedral quasicrystal, reigniting interest in the quest to ...

Researchers have discovered antiferromagnetism in a quasicrystal. The team was led by Ryuji Tamura from the Department of ...

Quasicrystals (QCs) are fascinating solid materials that exhibit an intriguing atomic arrangement. Unlike regular crystals, in which atomic ...

Quasicrystals are intriguing materials with long-range atomic order that lack periodicity. It has been a longstanding question whether antiferromagnetism, while commonly found in regular crystals, is ...

School of Energy and Environment, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Centre for Functional Photonics (CFP), City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong 999077, China Shenzhen ...

Building a 'separates' hi-fi system, where every component (amplifier, speakers and at least one source) is housed in a separate box, isn't for everyone. It takes space, time to research product ...

Do not conduct electricity when solid. The ions are held in fixed positions in the lattice ... Conducts electricity. Each carbon atom has a delocalised electron that is free to move through the layers ...