Researchers have finally proven that atomic diffraction is possible, paving the way for a new understanding of quantum ...

A typical association of gold crystals in white quartz matrix. To test this hypothesis, the researchers conducted an experiment designed ... active areas or even rocks shattered by earthquakes.

In a time crystal, the atoms (or quantum bits, depending on the experiment) aren’t locked into place. Instead, they exist in a cycle of perpetual motion. Picture a lattice with an empty space ...

This reliquary holds a bone fragment purportedly belonging to Saint Sebastian, within a central rock-crystal vessel. Reliquaries—containers constructed to hold relics, typically the bones of saints or ...

Over the course of the five-day experiment, we follow the team as they attempt to place jets of liquid crystals into the X-ray beam created by electrons traveling at nearly the speed of light.