Scientists ‘draw’ crystal patterns using laser light. Call it a jazzed-up version of your childhood crystal-growing kit.

The advantages of cheaper, faster and more precise crystal formation are clear to see. Crystals are used everywhere, from touchscreens, smoke alarms, solar panels, medical imaging devices, and most ...

Engineers have created microscopic seeds for growing remarkably uniform 2D perovskite crystals that are both stable and highly efficient at harvesting electricity from sunlight. Rice University ...

Microseeding is a method used in protein crystallography where small seed crystals can be used to induce the formation of larger crystals. Microseeding was first shown to generate untwinned crystals ...

Researchers have, since 1988, been searching for a so-called "universal nucleant," that is, a material that will nucleate crystal formation, much as a grain of sand nucleates the formation of a pearl.