Custom 3D crystal etchings are an elegant keepsake that people use for family memorabilia, office promotion gifts or awards. Starting a 3D laser crystal etching business requires the right equipment ...

This year the three emerging designers have combined their projects into a single installation, revealed today as the collectible design fair got underway in Basel. Since Swarovski became the awards ...

A class of synthetic soft materials called liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) can change shape in response to heat, similar to how muscles contract and relax in response to signals from the nervous ...

Andrew Iams, a materials research engineer at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), saw something strange while looking through his electron microscope. He was examining a ...