Tiny strains in a crystal can cause electrons to behave in a surprising way that closely resembles a highly sought-after ...

Their smoking gun were tiny zircon crystals, preserved within the durable ... Cryptic geological histories accessed through entombed and matrix geochronometers in dykes, Communications Earth ...

As the magma rises it also cools down, producing tiny crystals that can be brought to the surface during eruptions. When the magma reaches the surface, it can flow – generating lavas – or ...

The new findings rely on atom-scale analyses of tiny crystals in rocks that solidified from lava there eons ago. (See also: "Oldest Rocks on Earth Discovered?") "This confirms our view of how the ...

Porous crystals called COFs function like a sieve, allowing tiny molecules to pass through their holes while blocking others. Because of this ability, COFs — covalent organic frameworks — could ...