The ability to store information has evolved from punch-card looms to modern smartphones. Every technological advancement has ...

A group of chemics working with the Osaka University in Japan have identified a rare crystal that melts whenever it is exposed to ultraviolet light. The researchers published their findings in a new ...

The imperial egg first came to auction in 1994, when it sold for $5.6 million by Christie’s in Geneva. At the time, it was an auction record for a Fabergé egg, but that was broken in 2002 when it sold ...

Florida State University researchers have engineered a crystalline material that twists magnetism into swirling ...

Dubbed the ‘Mona Lisa of the decorative arts’, the work is now the most expensive Fabergé egg ever sold at auction ...

Electron microscope image of the aluminum alloy from the study. The light gray areas are sections of traditional crystals within the aluminum alloy, while the black dots are sections where NIST found ...

Blechnum orientale fern, naturally produces rare-earth element crystals. (Image: Vu Pham Van) Scientists have discovered a fern that forms rare-earth crystals. The plant, Blechnum orientale, produces ...