In July 2022, some social media users shared a meme that contained an image of a crystal and text that made some rather outlandish claims (and used creative grammar): "Forget everything you've learned ...

The clever folks over at [Novaetech SRL] have unveiled openQCM, their open-source quartz crystal microbalance. A QCM measures very minute amounts of mass or mass variation using the piezoelectric ...

Sometimes a scientific study comes along that reminds us not all the natural mysteries of this world demand highly specialised knowledge or million-dollar experiments to solve. Instead, they reveal ...

Imagine industrial processes that make materials or chemical compounds faster, cheaper, and with fewer steps than ever before. Imagine processing information in your laptop in seconds instead of ...

Christopher Voisey receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia. Humanity’s fascination with gold stretches back thousands of years.

Most people are familiar with quartz in clocks and watches, but what might surprise you is how vital quartz crystals are in almost every satellite we manufacture. At our Stevenage site we grow some of ...

Some people believe that crystals, such as quartz and obsidian, may each have specific healing properties that benefit your mind, body, and soul. A growing number of Americans have tried some form of ...