The inside of giant planets can reach pressures more than one million times the Earth's atmosphere. As a result of that intense pressure, materials can adopt unexpected structures and properties.

Researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) and the Abdus Salam ...

Explore how advanced EBSD and backscatter imaging methods reveal the distribution and morphology of titanium hydrides in ...

Topological materials promise electronics that are faster, cooler, and far more robust, but until now they have mostly ...

For nearly a century, scientists have understood how crystalline materials—such as metals and semiconductors—bend without ...

WE have been making a study of the crystal structure of d-tartaric acid by X-ray analysis. This is a classical substance which presents some little difficulty in complete analysis owing to its low ...

University of British Columbia (UBC) scientists have demonstrated a reversible way to switch the topological state of a ...

THE structure of the coronene molecule, C 24 H 12, is of particular interest in view of its peculiarly high symmetry (Fig. 1). With regard to electron distribution and bond-lengths, the structure ...

When ice melts into water, it happens quickly, with the transition from solid to liquid being immediate. However, very thin ...

A new study reveals that PtBi2, an otherwise ordinary-looking crystal, hosts an entirely new form of superconductivity ...

Scientists have developed a new material that converts motion into electricity (piezoelectricity) with greater efficiency and ...