A fundamental goal of physics is to explain the broadest range of phenomena with the fewest underlying principles. Remarkably ...

crystal-like lattice structure as a result of their mutual repulsion. As opposed to conventional crystals, where atoms become stable via attracting forces, the Wigner crystal is solely formed due ...

Physicists have successfully created a lab-grown diamond with a hardness exceeding that of natural diamonds. By subjecting graphite to extreme pressure and heat, researchers synthesized a rare ...

Researchers show that Cartan's First Structure Equation, which relates to edge and screw dislocations in crystal lattices, can be recast in the same form as a basic mathematical formula that governs ...

Goodtzow (NATURE, 119, 494; 1927), that quenched carbon steels contain a phase with a tetragonal crystal structure ... corresponding to the tetragonal lattice are not resolved, but in photograms ...

Diamond is well-known for being the hardest natural material on Earth, though synthetic forms have been developed that are even tougher – a feat that researchers have managed again, through a new ...

Zinc sulphide exists with two different crystal structures, the cubic zinc blend (top diagram) and the hexagonal Wurtzite (lower diagram). In the zinc blend structure the sulphur ions form an fcc ...

Researchers show that Cartan's First Structure Equation links crystal defects to the same mathematical rules governing ...