Once thought impossible, quasicrystals revealed a hidden order that challenges our understanding of materials. Their ...

A team of physicists, materials scientists and engineers affiliated with several institutions in China, working with a colleague from Umeå University, in Sweden, has grown a diamond that is harder ...

There is a big problem with quantum technology—it's tiny. The distinctive properties that exist at the subatomic scale ...

High-pressure experiments generated the first direct observation of plastic ice, which has qualities of both crystalline ice and liquid water.

Using a novel surface-sensitive spectroscopy method, scientists explored atomic vibrations in crystalline material surfaces near interfaces. The findings illuminate quantum behaviors that play ...

Research on ferroelectric materials shows that optimizing charge dynamics and reducing defects significantly improve ...