Pyrite is often dismissed as “fool’s gold” but this mineral creates some of the most stunning crystals in nature. Walk into ...

Sodium chloride, which is table salt, naturally forms cubic crystals. And when crystals form, their naturally occurring shapes reflect the atomic structure that lies beneath, which is one reason ...

Atomic manipulation enables us to fabricate a unique structure at the atomic scale. So far, many atomic manipulations have been reported on conductive surfaces, mainly at low temperature with ...