Chirality—often described as "handedness"—is a fundamental property of nature, underlying the behavior of molecules ranging ...

Researchers at Kumamoto University have discovered that a purely inorganic crystal grown from water solution can emit ...

Crystals such as diamonds are renowned for their vibrant colors and unique geometries. But to a chemist, their beauty transcends what we can see with the naked eye. With special equipment, they are ...

Hydrogen is often seen as the fuel of the future on account of its zero-emission and high gravimetric energy density, meaning it stores more energy per unit of mass compared to gasoline. Its low ...

National Chemistry Week starts on Oct. 22 this year, and to celebrate, kids across the country will grab beakers and begin growing crystals from a nontoxic chemical called aluminum potassium sulfate.

Your browser does not support the video tag. This video captures the moment an organic crystal, maintained at liquid-nitrogen temperature, repairs a visible crack ...

Crystal polymorphism is critically important in the fields of pharmaceuticals and materials science. For instance, a metastable polymorph of an active pharmaceutical ingredient may benefit from ...

Chemists are exploring a new method for designing materials, and it’s called shape-directed self-assembly. A research team at Seoul National University created saddle-shaped molecules that stacked ...

Omar Yaghi thinks crystals with gaps that capture moisture could bring technology from “Dune” to the arid parts of Earth. Omar Yaghi was a quiet child, diligent, unlikely to roughhouse with his nine ...

Dutch chemist Paul Poodt has developed two attractive alternatives for allowing protein crystals to grow under weightless conditions. If the crystals are grown upside down in a strong magnetic field, ...

Chemists love crystals. We don’t do as much recrystallization as we used to, since there are higher-throughput (and less labor-intensive) ways of purifying things these days, but I don’t think I’ve ...