In nature and technology, crystallization plays a pivotal role, from forming snowflakes and pharmaceuticals to creating ...

Electron microscope image of the aluminum alloy from the study ... solid made of atoms or molecules in repeating patterns.

Quasicrystals, once considered impossible, were found in a 3D-printed aluminum alloy – and they make it stronger. This could ...

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered something surprising that could ...

Clear differentiation of protein/other biomolecules from salt crystals and direct attachment to an existing microscope or imager.

A microscope alone would not allow ... When scientists investigated inside models of crystals with structures similar to table salt or a copper-gold alloy, they discovered the common plane of ...