quasicrystals

Scientists Discover Unusual Crystal in Remains of World’s First Nuclear Blast

A closeup view of GR FLORA 64 60 102. Credit: Haresh Lalvani

Could All Shapes Have Their Origin in a Universal Genetic Code of Form?

An image of the electron diffraction pattern of an icosahedral Zn-Mg-Ho quasicrystal. Credit: Jgmoxness/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

The Story of a Once-Unusual Material With a Still-Unusual Property