Samples of "trinitite" created during the world’s first nuclear bomb test in 1945 contain unique crystals never seen before.

The only well-exposed color image of the Trinity test. (Jack W. Aeby/Manhattan Project/Public Domain) We don't always get to ...

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

Scientists have succeeded in visualizing crystal nucleation -- the stage that precedes crystallization -- that was invisible until now. At the interface between chemistry and physics, the process of ...

Just when scientists thought they knew everything about crystals, a Northwestern University and University of Wisconsin-Madison collaboration has uncovered a hidden secret. Centrosymmetric crystals ...

A strange kind of matter that “ticks” forever without energy input has just taken a major leap toward real-world use. Known ...

First, we should define some terms. Quantum computing is an arm of quantum mechanics, which is a way of understanding the world on the scale of electrons. Seen extremely close up, atoms and their ...

In a process analogous to how solids melt into liquids, the electrons in many different metals form crystal-like patterns ...