The ODYSSEY Basic Crystal Lattices app is a great educational app that allows users to explore how atoms naturally pack together via interactive 3D models. The app includes many examples of six types ...

The new method can determine crystal structures underlying experimental data thus far difficult to analyze. A joint research team led by Yuuki Kubo and Shiji Tsuneyuki of the University of Tokyo has ...

Crystals -- from sugar and table salt to snowflakes and diamonds -- don't always grow in a straightforward way. Researchers have now captured this journey from amorphous blob to orderly structures. In ...