Libbrecht is a professor at the California Institute of Technology where he specialises in the dynamics of ice crystal formation. In our interview, he explains the complex physics at play when ...

In the case of pyrite, the cubic system favors the formation of sharply defined cubes due to its atomic bonding patterns.

Though the new discoveries don't date back to Homo sapien times, they do solve a 40-year-old riddle for Vekilov. "The notions ...