More than a billion years ago, in a shallow basin across what is now northern Ontario, a subtropical lake much like ...

Researchers describe a method to fabricate single-crystal vases several microns in size. The molecules spontaneously grow into the structures after drop-casting. This work may allow new experiments in ...

Mucic acid crystals grown from a water-based solution achieved a record-breaking stiffness for an organic crystal.

DURING some experiments on the coloration of rock salt by the α-rays of polonium, we noticed that the surface exposed to the rays in air become dull. Examined under the microscope, it was found to be ...

Microscope image of a live malaria parasite (guitar pick shape) inside a human red blood cell (large circle). The parasite that causes the deadly disease malaria is full of tiny crystals that ...

IN these two papers the author gives an account of the minute crystals included in sapphire, garnets, and several other minerals, which in some cases are arranged in a number of definite planes, so as ...

Imagine peering into a microscope and finding yourself in a garden. That's the case at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, where researchers have found a way to shape microscopic ...

Every cell of the deadly Plasmodium falciparum parasite, the organism that causes malaria, contains a tiny compartment full of microscopic iron crystals. As long as the parasite is alive, the crystals ...