To make a solid crystal, molecules are generally so tightly packed together there's no room for any movement. It means that solid crystals -- despite their strength and durability -- have generally ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Solids are divided into two main categories, crystalline solids and amorphous solids, based on ...

The four fundamental states of matter are solid, liquid, gas and plasma, but there others, such as Bose-Einstein condensates and time crystals, that are man-made. When you purchase through links on ...

With everything from violins to rifles being made on 3d printers, it seems the devices have taken the notion of DIY to a whole other level. Now, 3D printing is allowing scientists to gain insights ...

(Nanowerk News) Atoms or molecules constitute everything around us. In many solids, like common salt or iron, they are neatly arranged as repeated structures, called 'crystal lattices'. The behaviour ...

Like a baseball player sliding into third, a hot monomer skids in a straight line along a cold surface until it’s safely among its fellow molecules. This is not what usually happens when scientists ...

Our in-house Know-It-Alls answer questions about your interactions with technology. Q: What is the best cooler, from a physics perspective? A: First, a reminder from high school physics: Heat, on an ...