How China’s ‘Crystal Capital’ Cornered the Market on a Western Obsession
Villages looked for niches they could fill in the global market. The town of Xuchang, for instance, capitalized…
Chemistry in Pictures: Pragmatic beauty
 1,2,3-Triazole aldehyde is a common stop along many synthetic routes in organometallic chemistry, according to Anna Heleveria,…
Physicists Made a Time Crystal We Can Actually See
Of all the eccentricities of the quantum realm, time crystals—atomic arrangements that repeat certain motions over time—might be…
German scientists debunk 200-year-old theory on why ice is slippery
Researchers in Germany have challenged a 200-year-old assumption and revealed that pressure and friction are not responsible for…