"The way they ‘studied' it there, turning it over to observe it from different angles, was amazing." ...

What would a chimpanzee do if you handed it a glittering quartz crystal? Apparently, the same thing many of us would-hold ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research reveals a hollow crystal structure and shows crystals grow in complex ways, not just step by step. (CREDIT: Unsplash) ...

Click to open image viewer. Astronauts used this Sony video camcorder with the Thermal Enclosure System-Crystal Observation System (TES-COS) to record and observe protein crystal growth experiments ...

We were pleasantly surprised by how strong and seemingly natural the chimpanzees’ attraction to crystals was.” ...

Protein crystals form in microgravity in the space station’s Kibo Module. Credits: JAXA For more than two decades, the International Space Station has provided a platform for growing and studying ...

Click to open image viewer. Syringes such as this one were used in protein crystal growth experiments on the Space Shuttle. Astronauts activated experiments by injecting a solution into a growth cell ...

For more than two decades, the International Space Station has provided a platform for growing and studying protein crystals. In the early days of microgravity research, scientists discovered that ...