Scientists have observed “bending” atoms using a crystal grating—an experiment once believed impossible at the high energies ...

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

A typical association of gold crystals in white quartz matrix. To test this hypothesis, the researchers conducted an experiment designed ... active areas or even rocks shattered by earthquakes.

In a time crystal, the atoms (or quantum bits, depending on the experiment) aren’t locked into place. Instead, they exist in a cycle of perpetual motion. Picture a lattice with an empty space ...

This reliquary holds a bone fragment purportedly belonging to Saint Sebastian, within a central rock-crystal vessel. Reliquaries—containers constructed to hold relics, typically the bones of saints or ...