Chimpanzee experiments suggest early humans were likely fascinated by crystals because of their unique transparency and ...

A team of physicists has computationally constructed a two-dimensional material that behaves like a paradox: it is disordered ...

Scientists observe a visible time crystal for the first time, revealing a phase of matter that repeats patterns through time.

Crystals have been found along human remains in several archeological dig sites. Primates of all stripes really love their ...

The researchers were hoping to understand whether our own species' long documented appreciation (bordering on obsession) with crystals ...

They gave quartz, calcite and other types of crystals to chimpanzees in a rehabilitation center. The apes responded with great interest, and the researchers ended up needing to trade large amounts of ...

A new theory 'demystifies' the crystallization process and shows that the material that crystallizes is the dominant component within a solution -- which is the solvent, not the solute. The theory ...

Remember that old high school chemistry experiment where salt crystals precipitate out of a saltwater solution—or maybe the one where rock candy crystals form from sugar water? It turns out that your ...

Download the experiment instructions HERE! Crystals form through a process called crystallization which is when a liquid solidifies into a highly structured solid. While crystals can form when liquid ...