Crystals can’t bend – or can they? New research sheds light on elusive ‘flexible crystals’
Crystals are supposed to be hard and brittle. But when we make them bendy, they help reveal the secrets of how elastic ...
Flexible crystals reveal secrets of elasticity
Australian scientists have gained new insights into the fundamental behavior of flexible materials, allowing for the design of new building materials and technology.
Govt classifies barytes, felspar, mica, quartz as major minerals
The government has reclassified barytes, felspar, mica, and quartz as major minerals to boost exploration and scientific ...
Scientists use crystals to cram terabytes of data into millimeter-sized memory
Data storage has always depended on systems that toggle between "on" and "off" states. However, the physical size of the components storing these binary states has ...
Volcanic Crystals Could Point Us Towards Critical Caches of Rare Earth Metals
Experts hope the minerals they find via this method will “power green, renewable energy sources for a sustainable future.” ...
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Why Are Barytes, Feldspar, Mica And Quartz Now Classified As Major Minerals
The Ministry of Mines has reclassified Barytes, Feldspar, Mica, and Quartz, moving them from the minor minerals list to the major minerals category. An official gazette notification was put out, dated ...
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A Hybrid Physics–Machine Learning Approach for Modeling Plastic–Bed Interactions during Fluidized Bed Pyrolysis
Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 7JE, U.K.