In April 1982, Prof. Dan Shechtman of the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology made the discovery that would later earn him the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: the quasiperiodic crystal.

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For more than a century, scientists have relied on crystallography—analyzing X-ray diffraction patterns—to uncover the atomic structures of materials. This method revolutionized fields from ...

A standard time crystal is a new phase of matter that features perpetual motion without expending energy. According to Chong Zu, an assistant professor of physics at Washington University in St ...

This is a particularly important process in the world of carbon capture, which currently uses normal crystals. But mind-bendingly complex quasicrystals could be better fitted for the task—in ...

Why does nature create patterns? A physicist explains the molecular-level processes behind crystals, stripes and basalt columns By Maxim Lavrentovich , University of Tennessee Sep 19, 2022 ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d ...

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Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. The reason patterns often appear in nature ...