Quasicrystals, once considered impossible, were found in a 3D-printed aluminum alloy – and they make it stronger. This could ...

The lasers in a 3D printer must raise the temperature ... That means there are five ways to rotate the crystal around an axis so that it looks the same. "Fivefold symmetry is very rare.

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered something surprising that could ...