Bismuth, a puzzling material in quantum research, has now revealed a surprising twist. Kobe University scientists discovered that its surface properties can obscure its true nature, challenging a ...

The nearly 6-ton ball that drops atop One Times Square is covered in 2,688 shimmering crystal triangles—and they all need to be replaced. On Thursday, December 19th, visitors to the Crossroads ...

The findings are published in The Journal of Chemical Physics. Many materials can have several crystal structures, "phases," even in the same solid state. Determining the underlying crystal ...