Andrew Iams saw something strange while looking through his electron microscope. He was examining a sliver of a new aluminum ...

That's because minerals are crystals and crystals can refract light ... That means we can identify minerals using how they ...

IN the course of another investigation, we have had occasion to examine crystals of carborundum under the microscope. These crystals were of very dark purplish colour, with often a greenish sheen.

This specialized golf ball looks and feels smooth, but a close examination under a standard light microscope reveals tiny ...

The South Orange artist won a NJ Council on the Arts grant for his stunning micrography — images of crystals that in reality could fit on the "underbelly of a ladybug." ...

This specialized golf ball looks and feels smooth, but a close examination under a standard light microscope reveals tiny crystals of absorbent silica and polymers dotting the surface.

The quasicrystals found in this study form the corners of 20-sided shape called an icosahedron. To prove that he found an icosahedron, Andrew Iams had ...