On the other hand, Borax may be in the laundry aisle. Or, it could be in the cleaning aisle. Finally, you should find ...

Pour the mixture into your jars. Grab a pipe cleaner and wrap one end around the pencil and lower the other end into the solution. Hot water has more “spaces” for the borax to go and dissolve – as the ...

Summer vacation is a time for fun and play, but can also be a time for learning. Parents have the added benefit of teaching ...

Scientists from UCL and the University of Cambridge have revealed that "space ice"—long thought to be completely ...

For over two decades, physicists have been working toward implementing quantum light storage—also known as quantum memory—in ...

The Universe’s most abundant ice isn’t formless—it’s secretly laced with crystals. And that might change how we think about ...

Understanding how molecular arrangements within crystals influence their thermal behavior is a fundamental question in ...

Deep in Chile’s Atacama Desert, scientists studied a green crystal called atacamite—and discovered it can cool itself ...

Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...

The research team has identified atacamite as a material with magnetocaloric properties. Natural crystals have long ...

Letter Published: 25 June 1949 Formation of Microscopic Crystals on Crystal Surfaces Exposed to α-Rays L. WIENINGER & N. ADLER Nature 163, 989 (1949) Cite this article ...

It was discovered by 19th century vaccine pioneer Louis Pasteur’s observations of crystals formed on wine corks. Thursday’s event was held at the Pasteur Institute he founded.