Physicists in Leiden have built a microscope that can measure no fewer than four key properties of a material in a single ...

You can tell a lot about a material based on the type of light shining at it: Optical light illuminates a material's surface, ...

Ever since their discovery, quasicrystals have garnered much attention due to their strange structure. Today, they remain far from being well-understood. In a new study, scientists reveal, for the ...

Physicists have finally built a microscope that can watch superconducting electrons move in real time, and the picture is far ...

The study of wood -- Materials and methods -- The cell wall -- Pits -- Distribution and patterns of wall pitting -- Other wall sculpturing -- Perforation plates -- The structure of rays -- Axial ...