When put under pressure, plastic crystals of neopentylglycol yield huge cooling effects

Proposed detector technology would be sensitive to an unexplored range of particle masses

Technique allows scientists to create atomically-thin fabrics

These synthetic diamonds, used in micro-anvils, have produced nearly twice the pressure found at the center of the Earth

Experiments confirm the first chiral phonon that could enable exotic forms of electronics

Tiny crystals that form deep in volcanoes may be the key for advance warnings before volcanic eruptions

Recent findings may open new bio-inspired routes for toughening brittle ceramics in various applications

Berkeley Lab study uses terahertz laser pulses to reveal ultrafast coupling of atomic-scale patterns

Using X-ray beams and lasers, researchers studied how a new promising class of solar cell materials, called hybrid perovskites, behaves at the nanoscale level during operation

Understanding the dynamics of ice crystallization—otherwise known as ice formation—is vital in not only climate research, but also in several industries