Color-Changing Helmets Will Indicate Head Injuries

Color-Changing Helmets Will Indicate Head Injuries

A faster way to react to injured people

Watch: How You Can Drown on Land in Mexico's Giant Crystal Cave

Watch: How You Can Drown on Land in Mexico's Giant Crystal Cave

The cave is home to crystals measuring as much as 12 meters (39 feet) in length and 4 meters (13 feet) in diameter

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 26th, 2014
Oldest Crystals on Earth Are 4.4 Billion Years Old

Oldest Crystals on Earth Are 4.4 Billion Years Old

New technique confirms earlier age estimates for zircon samples

Synthetic Crystals Used to Create Artificial Graphene

Synthetic Crystals Used to Create Artificial Graphene

The new material is not bi-dimensional, but comes fairly close

  • Sci Pry
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 21st, 2014
Synthesizing Plastic Crystals Made Easier than Ever

Synthesizing Plastic Crystals Made Easier than Ever

Researchers say these materials could be used in e-ink screens

Very Large Graphene Crystals Produced for the First Time

Very Large Graphene Crystals Produced for the First Time

The material has excellent electrical properties, researchers say

Company Premieres World's Most Expensive Vacuum Cleaner

Company Premieres World's Most Expensive Vacuum Cleaner

Sneak a peak at tomorrow's luxury appliance – a Swarovski Crystal encrusted vacuum cleaner

Curved Crystals Can Heal Themselves

Curved Crystals Can Heal Themselves

The conclusion belongs to a new scientific investigation

How Superconductors Gain Their Capabilities

How Superconductors Gain Their Capabilities

Flaws in their structure may be why they conduct electricity so well

Entropy Can Be Harnessed for Assembling Nanoparticles

Entropy Can Be Harnessed for Assembling Nanoparticles

The phenomenon can force the particles into ordered structures

New Iron Superconductor Operates at Highest Temperature Ever

New Iron Superconductor Operates at Highest Temperature Ever

The material was discovered by a collaboration of American researchers

Nanorods Can Self-Assemble into 3D Structures

Nanorods Can Self-Assemble into 3D Structures

A new method for encouraging them to do so was just developed

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 4th, 2012
Unnatural Crystal Found in Ancient Rock Sample

Unnatural Crystal Found in Ancient Rock Sample

Such crystals were never before seen outside the laboratory

Synthetic Amorphous Carbon Is as Hard as Diamond

Synthetic Amorphous Carbon Is as Hard as Diamond

The material was developed at the Stanford University

Experts Replicate Biominerals Artificially

Experts Replicate Biominerals Artificially

Structures and properties are nearly-identical matches

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 14th, 2011
Haumea Is Covered with Ice

Haumea Is Covered with Ice

 
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