Mesmerizing videos offer a new look at the ways crystals form. The real-time clips, described March 30 in Nature Nanotechnology, show closeup views of microscopic gold particles tumbling, sliding and ...

Using in situ X-ray microscopy, researchers observed salt creep at the single crystal scale. Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology The new research may, in fact, allow better control of a ...

We expect crystals to be rigid and brittle, so scientists were shocked when some of their crystals seemed to come alive under a microscope. They hope to use the unusual behavior to make tiny machines ...

For the first time ever, researchers have watched the mesmerizing process of nanoparticles self-assembling into solid materials. In the stunning new videos, particles rain down, tumble along ...

Explore 25 astonishing things you can only see under a microscope. Discover hidden universes in everyday objects, from ...