(Garnet and peridot are both silicate gemstones, formed when crystals of silicon cool out ... Pop quiz: what are the properties of a metal versus a nonmetal? Metals are malleable, ductile, and ...

Gemstones, paired with birth chart vibrations, amplify strengths, balance weaknesses, and enhance spiritual growth. The ...

An international team of researchers led by the Strong Correlation Quantum Transport Laboratory of the RIKEN Center for ...

Chirality is a fundamental property of matter that determines many biological, chemical and physical phenomena. Chiral solids, for example, offer exciting opportunities for catalysis, sensing and ...

University of Missouri scientists are unlocking the secrets of halide perovskites—a material that's poised to reshape our ...

A new technique involving terahertz light has enabled the creation of chiral states in non-chiral materials, offering ...

A student project has discovered superconductivity in polycrystalline iron-nickel-zirconide. Researchers from Tokyo ...

Two studies show that the light emitted by nanocrystals embedded with luminescent ions can be used to sense forces with high spatial resolution — even when those forces are inside a microscopic ...

The UAE on Friday recorded its coldest day so far this winter — and much to residents' delight, frost and ice crystals were spotted on the country's highest mountain. Temperatures dropped to a ...

Some of the stones on our list, such as peridot or green garnets ... While sphene has one of the best light dispersion properties of any gem, the stone is also relatively soft and difficult to fashion ...