Whether you know it or not, you encounter crystals in your everyday life quite regularly. Table salt, sugar and snowflakes are classified as types of crystals, as are many gemstones—including amethyst ...

Researchers in Vienna have discovered something remarkable: crystals that don’t form in space, like diamonds or salt, but in ...

Thousands of crystals dangle above the heads of Pittsburgh theater patrons, reflecting light onto the walls and ceilings of the elegant halls. The glass giants help create a distinct aesthetic for the ...

Nature has many rhythms: the seasons result from Earth's movement around the sun, the ticking of a pendulum clock results ...

A beautifully faceted diamond may be forever, but there are many types of facets in crystals that, until now, seemed to be never. In most chunks of crystalline material, facets correspond to a few, ...

While there are many important objects and artifacts in the Star Wars series, few are quite as important as the Kyber crystals. They may seem like simple little crystals that help to change the color ...