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Fine gemstone pendant

2026 Gemstone Market Watch: What's Getting Scar...

Industry reports through 2026 point to real scarcity building in a handful of colored gemstones — here's what's driving demand for tsavorite, Paraíba tourmaline, and top-tier rubies this year.

2026 Gemstone Market Watch: What's Getting Scar...

Industry reports through 2026 point to real scarcity building in a handful of colored gemstones — here's what's driving demand for tsavorite, Paraíba tourmaline, and top-tier rubies this year.

Fluorite chip beads

A New Algorithm Just Simulated a 268-Million-Si...

Finnish physicists used a quantum-inspired algorithm to simulate a quasicrystal with over 268 million sites — far beyond what ordinary supercomputers can handle — a step toward designing exotic new...

A New Algorithm Just Simulated a 268-Million-Si...

Finnish physicists used a quantum-inspired algorithm to simulate a quasicrystal with over 268 million sites — far beyond what ordinary supercomputers can handle — a step toward designing exotic new...

Opal cabochons showing light diffraction and color play

Scientists Can Now Steer Light by Twisting Crys...

Harvard engineers built a chip that controls the "handedness" of light by twisting two photonic crystal layers against each other — a real-world echo of how natural opal splits light...

Scientists Can Now Steer Light by Twisting Crys...

Harvard engineers built a chip that controls the "handedness" of light by twisting two photonic crystal layers against each other — a real-world echo of how natural opal splits light...

Purple fluorite crystal beads

Scientists Connected a Time Crystal to a Real D...

Finnish researchers linked a quantum time crystal to a tiny mechanical oscillator — the first time anyone has connected one to an external, controllable system, opening the door to using...

Scientists Connected a Time Crystal to a Real D...

Finnish researchers linked a quantum time crystal to a tiny mechanical oscillator — the first time anyone has connected one to an external, controllable system, opening the door to using...

Blue-green crystal beads

Physicists Built a "Time Crystal" Out of Nothin...

NYU physicists levitated two beads in sound waves and watched them fall into a self-sustaining, repeating motion — a classical "time crystal," no quantum physics or external timer required.

Physicists Built a "Time Crystal" Out of Nothin...

NYU physicists levitated two beads in sound waves and watched them fall into a self-sustaining, repeating motion — a classical "time crystal," no quantum physics or external timer required.

Meteorite specimen fragment

A Meteorite Crashed Through a Houston Home This...

On March 21, 2026, a fist-sized space rock crashed through the roof of a home in northwest Houston — a rare, well-documented example of a meteorite actually striking an occupied...

A Meteorite Crashed Through a Houston Home This...

On March 21, 2026, a fist-sized space rock crashed through the roof of a home in northwest Houston — a rare, well-documented example of a meteorite actually striking an occupied...