I've always been fascinated by how materials break down, especially glasses and polymers that don't have a regular crystal ...

An experimental rationalization of the structure type encountered in DNA and RNA by systematically investigating the chemical and physical properties of alternative nucleic acids has identified ...

Diamonds have a reputation as one of the hardest materials known to man, which is undoubtedly true, but they're not as tough as you think they are.

A new study details how researchers successfully built and operated a motor using coils woven from pure carbon nanotubes ...

The two-component crystals formed from pyridine or 4-dimethylaminopyridine with maleic, fumaric, phthalic, isophthalic, or terephthalic acids were characterized by X-ray diffraction. The two-component ...

Slow light in square-lattice chalcogenide photonic-crystal (PC) holey fibers with uniform longitude geometry are proposed and theoretically investigated. By using the planewave-expansion method, a ...

Rio Tinto has unearthed a purple diamond weighing 0.45 carats at its Diavik mine, an unusual find at a site that generally produces white stones. A trace element like hydrogen or a twist in the ...

Lattice structures with different desired physical properties are promising for a broad spectrum of applications. The availability of additive manufacturing (AM) technology has relaxed the fabricating ...

A new platform for engineering chiral electron pathways offers potential fresh insights into a quantum phenomenon discovered by chemists—and exemplifies how the second quantum revolution is ...