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Just when scientists thought they knew everything about crystals, a Northwestern University and University of Wisconsin-Madison collaboration has uncovered a hidden secret. Centrosymmetric crystals ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Scintillators convert radiation energy into light and are utilized in a variety of fields including medicine and security. Of the many scintillators, Eu (europium)-doped CaF₂ (calcium ...

Researchers have identified the origin of the restoring force that lets elastic crystals return to their original shape. Australian scientists have gained new insights into the fundamental behaviour ...

In an attempt to understand our own fascination with the shiny minerals, researchers gave some to chimps. A chimp named Toti attentively observes a quartz crystal at a rehabilitation facility in Spain ...