Researchers from China have developed a new 3D-printing process capable of building titanium-alloy rods more than a meter ...

Discover how cooling, fuzzy fibres and coloured pipe cleaners work together to create sparkling borax crystal shapes.

Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors, only a few atomic layers thick, are promising materials for making AI chips faster and ...

The tiny bones in your fingers withstand countless taps and swipes thanks to a precise blend of materials. Flexible collagen fibers form the framework, reinforced by hard calcium phosphate ...

Sulfate-rich spheres and carboxylate-rich vesicles spontaneously occupied different regions of calcite, revealing a route to spatially programmed composite materials and sequential payload release.

The ocean beneath Saturn's moon Enceladus lies under kilometers of ice, but some of its contents do reach the surface. Jets ...

Researchers at Michigan State University have discovered how to "draw" on demand the crystals used in many crucial technologies, from solar panels and LED lighting to medical imaging. Appearing in the ...

Nasa has grown crystals of lysozyme, a protein found in human tears, saliva and milk, aboard the International Space Station ...

A 3D-printing method has made single crystals of metals and alloys in complex shapes and up to one metre in length, as needed for advanced technological applications.

Researchers have successfully grown platinum crystals in liquid metal, using a powerful X-ray technique giving rare insight into how these delicate crystals form and grow. (Nanowerk News) More than a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronauts have grown a common crystal in space — but this extraterrestrial version is exhibiting a very uncommon behavior. Under ...

Semiconductor crystals grow from tiny nuclei, but the position of these nuclei is difficult to control precisely and can affect the crystal’s properties. An approach using ‘etching flux’ has now been ...