The ice in a domestic freezer is remarkably different from the single crystals that form in snow clouds, or even those formed ...

A water droplet freezes around a dust particle in the air, creating an ice crystal. More water molecules land on the crystal and create the hexagonal shape as they extend six ways to form arms. The ...

In the iconic "Sound of Music" score, "My Favorite Things," a young Julie Andrews lists snowflakes as objects that bring her ...

Researchers have used a diamond sheet and salt film to make hexagonal salt crystals. Sodium chloride is massively common in our universe, but still full of surprises. The scientists used a ...

Ever since Curie conjectured on 'the symmetry in physical phenomena, symmetry of an electric field and a magnetic field,' it has long been a dream for material scientists to search for this rather ...

If you've ever heard someone referred to as a "special little snowflake," the implication is that they're beautiful and precious because of all the myriad ways in which they are unique. The old saying ...

Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) vibrating at their resonance modes and made from atomic layer crystalline materials have attracted increasing research interest owing to their promises for ...

Scientists have used a mix of physical and chemical properties to bend salt into hexagonal crystals for the first time ever. They formed the thin layer of crystalline salt on a substrate (foundation ...