Crystals reveal the hidden geometry of molecules to the naked eye. Scientists use crystals to figure out the atomic structure of new materials, but many materials can't be grown large enough. Now, a ...

(Nanowerk News) For more than 100 years, scientists have been using X-ray crystallography to determine the structure of crystalline materials such as metals, rocks, and ceramics. This technique works ...

The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) has recently closed the 7th Crystal Structure Prediction (CSP) Blind Test. CSP is the ability to predict, from its 2D molecular structure, the 3D ...

Artist's rendition of X-ray beam illuminating a solution of powdered crystalline chalcogenates. Credit: Ella Maru Studios Crystals reveal the hidden geometry of molecules to the naked eye. Scientists ...

For materials that exist only as a powdered crystal, solving these structures becomes much more difficult because the fragments don't carry the full 3D structure of the original crystal. "The precise ...