Chemical compounds crystalize in characteristic 3D shapes, a phenomenon scientists use to help identify unknown substances. I.V. Mironov of the Russian Technological University (RTU MIREA) captured ...

(Nanowerk News) Materials scientists at Rice University and the University of Pennsylvania are calling for a collective, global effort to fast-track the mass production of 2D materials like graphene ...

In January 2018, Nasa announced that its Curiosity rover had spotted a set of mysterious ‘stick-like figures’ on the red planet. In a photo shared to the rover’s Twitter account that week, the space ...

Is it true that two snowflakes can't be identical and if not, what are the odds? The specific number of snowflake types depends on who you ask. Photographer Wilson Alwyn Bentley took pictures of ...