A 70 million year old dinosaur egg from China stunned scientists when it revealed glittering crystals inside, raising new ...

Not only that, it's among the first dinosaur eggs – or evidence of any dinosaurs, for that matter – found in the roughly ...

When looking at calcite under a microscope, a scientist would immediately recognize the crystalline form of calcium carbonate by its rhombohedral appearance. That is, calcite is shaped like a ...

When paleontologists in China cracked open a set of cannonball sized dinosaur eggs, they did not find bones or embryos.

Two large, fossilized dinosaur eggs packed with natural crystals have been discovered in eastern China. Unearthed in the ...

Spots of light glinted off the faceted sides of more than a dozen calcite crystals stuck inside a small cave at the top of a steep, rocky couloir. Tom Benedict balanced on a thin log spread across the ...

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It a dream possession that until now has been consigned to Harry Potter and Lord Of The Rings-a cloak that will render the wearer invisible. However, a recent paper published in 'Nature Materials' has ...

In a discovery that could have implications ranging from the design of new materials to an understanding of the origin of life, researchers have discovered how the microscopic orientation of amino ...

When the Vikings left the familiar fjords of Norway for icy, uncharted territories, they were at the mercy of weather. They had no magnetic compasses, and no way to ward off stretches of heavy clouds ...