quartz crystals in concrete can heal themselves, potentially allowing some reactors to run for longer than initially thought possible. The research is published in the Journal of Nuclear Materials.

Not a game. This may look like the game Minesweeper, which used to come with Microsoft Windows, but it's really a plan of the LVR-15 research reactor ...

Piezoelectricity—a crystal can generate a tiny electric charge when its atomic structure is squeezed strong enough—occurs in many minerals but is particularly strong in quartz. What if this ...

Debbie Frank's jewellery range, now available in her exclusive new Star Shop was inspired by the beauty and healing power of crystals and ... and refreshed. Rose quartz, the soft pink stone ...

More than one of our readers suggested we highlight this beautifully-shot process documentary about the laborious and precise manufacturing of piezoelectric quartz crystals in the early 1940s.