In July 2022, some social media users shared a meme that contained an image of a crystal and text that made some rather outlandish claims (and used creative grammar): "Forget everything you've learned ...

The quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) is a precise mass sensor that exploits the piezoelectric effect in quartz crystals to detect minute mass variations on its surface. At its core, the QCM operates ...

Sometimes a scientific study comes along that reminds us not all the natural mysteries of this world demand highly specialised knowledge or million-dollar experiments to solve. Instead, they reveal ...

Christopher Voisey receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia. Humanity’s fascination with gold stretches back thousands of years.

The Quartz family of crystals offers a diverse range of healing properties and energies. From the clarity of Clear Quartz to the loving embrace of Rose Quartz, each variety possesses unique qualities.

Some people believe that crystals, such as quartz and obsidian, may each have specific healing properties that benefit your mind, body, and soul. A growing number of Americans have tried some form of ...

Nanoengineers have developed new deep learning models that can accurately predict the properties of molecules and crystals. The models can enable researchers to rapidly scan the nearly-infinite ...