Quasicrystals, once considered impossible, were found in a 3D-printed aluminum alloy – and they make it stronger. This could change how we design aircraft and car components. Researchers at NIST ...

The melting of crystals is the process by which an increase in temperature induces the disruption of the ordered crystalline ...

A team of physicists has made groundbreaking observations in a semiconductor-based time crystal by periodically driving it ...

Andrew Iams saw something strange while looking through his electron microscope. He was examining a sliver of a new aluminum ...

Quasicrystals (QCs) are fascinating solid materials that exhibit an intriguing atomic arrangement. Unlike regular crystals, ...

Yet, in a dazzling experiment, a group of physicists has done just that. They’ve created a new kind of temporal structure ...

Neuroscientists have observed for the first time how structures deep in the brain are activated when the brain becomes aware of its own thoughts, known as conscious perception 1. The brain is ...

“Valckensteyn” is a circular design featuring a 12-story timber structure and 82 homes. Situated within Pendrecht, a post-war neighborhood in Rotterdam, it sits on the site of a residential ...

Ultraviolet (UV) light, spanning wavelengths from 10 to 400 nm, is ubiquitous in military, livelihood, and scientific domains. Accurate UV photodetection is therefore essential for monitoring ...

Researchers have achieved a significant breakthrough in quantum physics by creating a new type of time crystal ... come from highly organized atomic structures, with carbon atoms in diamonds ...