Placing materials under extremely strong magnetic fields can give rise to unusual and fascinating physical phenomena or ...

But recently-graduated RPI materials science Ph.D. student Ru Jia and her lab fellows grew crystals through carbon buffer ...

Talc reveals a phase of superhydration in cold subduction, demonstrating that the ocean sends more water to the depths of the Earth.

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In a new study published in Nature Physics, researchers achieved the first experimental observation of a time rondeau crystal ...

Stanford scientists found that strontium titanate improves its performance when frozen to near absolute zero, showing ...

Physicists have discovered how to make electrons “freeze” and “melt” into bizarre quantum patterns, forming a new kind of matter where solid and liquid coexist. Electricity drives nearly every aspect ...

We rely on batteries now more than ever, from our phones and laptops to electric vehicles. But the ones powering today's ...

James Watson pioneered molecular biology through his co-discovery of DNA’s double helix structure, but his prejudiced views turned him into an outcast.

Ancient supercontinent Nuna's breakup around 1.5 billion years ago set off a chain of events that made Earth more habitable, ...