Porous crystals have been engineered to trap ‘oily’ molecules — enabling X-ray structures to be determined for these compounds that defy standard crystallographic analysis. Read the paper ...

The International Mineralogical Association (IMA) has officially recognised a new mineral – ehrigite – named after BHP ...

Only 30%-50% of the remaining objects survive the atmospheric passage and become meteorites. The debris pieces whose orbits bring them closer to the Sun tend to be significantly more durable, making ...

Self-assembly or self-organization in molecular science refers to the phenomena where molecules spontaneously gather and form ...

Thanks to the crystal structure of diamonds, with carbon atoms arranged into a lattice-like structure, diamond is top of the ...