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By Apr 7, 2021
Science

Crystals and eggshells tell a 105,000-year-old story of humans in the Kalahari Desert

The artifacts suggest early people didn't just live on the African coasts.
By Feb 23, 2021
Science

Were rocks on the menu for these ancient birds?

A deeper look at crystals pulled from a fossil’s stomach presents an intriguing counterargument.
By Sep 19, 2017
Science

Fake diamonds helped scientists find the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth

It all went down 36 million years ago.
By Apr 24, 2015
Military

Navy Makes Armor Clear As Clay

Well, transparent clay, that they made armor out of
By Apr 7, 2015
Science

A Simple Crystal Could Detect Nuclear Material

It rocks
By Jul 13, 2012
Science

Physicists Propose Building a Crystal of Space-Time

One of the simplest and most common physical objects is your average crystal, a collection of atoms arranged in an...
By Jan 4, 2012
Science

Nobel-Winning Quasicrystals Appear to Have Come From Space

Rare crystals found in Russia were likely deposited there by meteorites
By Oct 5, 2011
Science

Chemist Once Accused of ‘Quasi-Science’ Wins Nobel For Quasicrystal Discovery

Vindication has to be one of the most satisfying effects of a Nobel Prize win — after years of work,...
By Feb 14, 2011
Science

Scientists Revive Ancient Bacteria Trapped In Crystals

Inside this salt crystal, which weighs just two tenths of a gram, is an ancient ecosystem: 30,000-year-old bacteria and the...
By Aug 26, 2010
Science

After 10 Years’ Work, Scientists Unveil Detailed 3-D Map of Virus That Causes the Common Cold

The most detailed microscopic crystallography image ever created