The discovery that molecules of methane and ethane can worm their way into the crystal lattice of frozen hydrogen cyanide has big implications for the chemistry on Saturn's largest moon, Titan.

It sounds bizarre, but they exist: crystals made of rotating objects. Physicists from Aachen, Düsseldorf, Mainz and Wayne State (Detroit, U.S.) have jointly studied these exotic objects and their ...

For decades, chemistry students have learned a simple truth: polar and nonpolar substances don’t mix. Water and oil stay ...

Scientists from NASA and Chalmers University have discovered that incompatible substances can mix on Titan’s icy surface, ...

Scientists have filmed nanoscale ice crystals adapting to trapped air bubbles without losing structural integrity.

A time crystal is a form of matter that shows continuous, repeating patterns over time, much like how atoms in a normal crystal repeat in space. Examples once existed in only complex, quantum matter, ...

Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have announced the creation of the world’s first visible “time crystal” that can be seen with a microscope or even with the naked eye under certain ...

Lenses made with liquid crystals could lead to eyeglasses that can easily switch between correcting near- and far-sightedness. Instead of fashioning lenses just from glass, which must be made convex ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. International Trade Commission said on Wednesday it has received a trade complaint seeking to block imports of liquid crystal displays used in televisions and ...

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If you’ve been wondering what are liquid assets and why they matter, here’s the quick answer: liquid assets are anything you own that can be turned into cash quickly without losing value. These are ...