In 1896, German chemist Emil Fischer noted something very strange about a molecule named acetaldehyde phenylhydrazone. Identical batches of the crystalline compound appeared to have wildly different ...

An accidental discovery by Austrian botanist Friedrich Reinitzer in 1888, observing a chemical's unusual double melting point ...

A new class of crystal compounds has been discovered by researchers from Osaka University, with potential applications in a range of fields, including adhesives and thermal energy storage. This ...

Charge density waves in metals accumulate defects and melt much like physical solids, a behavior that could be harnessed for neuromorphic devices and superconductors. (Nanowerk News) In a process ...

The mysterious changes in phases of matter -- from solid to liquid and back again -- have fascinated some researchers. Researchers have now identified an intermediate phase between solid and liquid in ...

Electrons can arrange into crystalline patterns that accumulate defects as they melt; controlling the degree of melting may advance superconductors and artificial neurons Electron crystals, also ...