A strange new phase of ice has been discovered during experiments with the world's largest X-ray laser. Meet ice XXI, a ...

Ice XXI” is an entirely new phase of ice with a crystal structure that’s more complex than the ice found on Titan or Ganymede ...

Water may appear simple but behaves in ways that surprise even the world’s greatest scientists. A new international study has ...

When scientists squeezed a drop of water between two diamonds to endure pressures tens of thousands of times higher than ...

Astronaut Tim Kopra, Expedition 20 flight engineer, works at the Protein Crystallization Research Facility (PCRF) in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. high res (1.6 M) low res ...

hope to create a smart greenhouse, one that manipulates sunlight to grow plants faster and with less energy. The project grew out of a discussion Natalie Ronayne had with her boss nearly two years ago ...

Recently, he made Borax crystals, with uncharacteristic success: But science is always more fun when you understand the why along with the how. So here’s the why: Making crystals, be they of Borax or ...

For more than two decades, the International Space Station has provided a platform for growing and studying protein crystals. In the early days of microgravity research, scientists discovered that ...

Protein crystals form in microgravity in the space station’s Kibo Module. Credits: JAXA For more than two decades, the International Space Station has provided a platform for growing and studying ...