The science pros at TKOR explain how salt crystals form from water through the process of boiling the ocean.

Scientists observe how blobs form crystals and discover a new crystal type Meet 'Zangenite,' a hollow crystal structure named after the grad student who found it Date: April 29, 2025 Source: New ...

Crystals—from sugar and table salt to snowflakes and diamonds—don’t always grow in a straightforward way. New York University researchers have captured this journey from amorphous blob to orderly ...

Crystals—from sugar and table salt to snowflakes and diamonds—don't always grow in a straightforward way. New York University researchers have captured this journey from amorphous blob to ...

In exploring how crystals form, researchers came across an unusual, rod-shaped crystal that hadn't been identified before.

Crystals—from sugar and table salt to snowflakes and diamonds—don’t always grow in a straightforward way. New York University researchers have captured this journey from ...

Calcium carbonate is everywhere. But scientists still don’t agree on how it forms its unique crystal structures. Researchers created a technique to study them, which could provide some answers to this ...

NIST discovers that novel crystal form boosts strength of 3D-printed metal 09 Apr 2025 Quasicrystals formed in an icosahedron shape reinforce laser-printed aluminum airplane parts.

The science of snowflakes: See how they form and why no two are ever alike Snow is made up of trillions of tiny ice crystals that make snowflakes, with not one alike. Here's how they form.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Snowflakes form when a cold water droplet freezes onto particulates (like dust or pollen) in the atmosphere, creating an ice crystal. As the ice crystal falls through the sky, ...