crystal

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As a result, the crystal behaves like a metal along one axis and like a dielectric material along the perpendicular axis, creating its exceptionally strong anisotropy.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

An international team of researchers has directly observed how angular momentum moves through a crystal lattice for the first time, revealing an unexpected quantum effect that causes the direction of rotation to reverse.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

"Without a crystal ball nobody can know what is going to happen" to producers' and farmers' costs at the moment these contracts are signed.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

My crystal ball isn’t better than yours, but I can tell you that both companies, and the investors who buy their shares, will be joining a giant experiment, revenue-wise, market-wise, and politics-wise.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

There were giant crystal bookcases along one wall, and like a scene out of one of Seven’s dreams, black planters with every kind of plant and flower you could think of hanging from the ceilings.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega