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 ...

Two nearly spherical dinosaur eggs recovered from eastern China have drawn international attention not because of what they ...

Two almost perfectly round dinosaur eggs from eastern China have turned out to be hollow shells packed with glittering crystals instead of bones. The fossils, uncovered in the Qianshan Basin of Anhui ...

Crystal-filled dinosaur eggs the size of cannonballs have been discovered in China by paleontologists. The two fossilized eggs are from a new species of dinosaur, which the scientists figured out ...

Using single calcite crystals with varying surface roughness allows engineers to simplify the complex physics that describes fault movement. Researchers now show how this simplification may lead to ...

Beneath the backroads of Florida, relics of earth and ocean collide. This adventure uncovers calcite crystals alongside the ...

The differences between the biogenic and abiogenic calcite in dinosaur eggshells: In the PLM images (A and E), biogenic calcite is dark, while abiogenic calcite is bright; On the IPF maps (B and F), ...

Quasiparticles in motion: illustration of ghost polaritons in a calcite crystal being “launched” to record distances by a gold microdisk. (Courtesy: HUST) The existence of ghost hyperbolic surface ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...