So far in this series, pretty much every material we’ve covered has had to undergo a significant industrial process to transform it from its natural state to a more useful product. Whether it’s the ...

We now use quartz-based crystals and their oscillators as standard components in nearly every design. There are countless versions available with different sets of specifications ranging from fairly ...

The poet in me (and our illustrious editor knows I am a poet at heart) cries out that I first tell you that in ancient times, folks believed that quartz crystals were eternal ice sent by the heavenly ...

For the first time since excavations began in Keeladi in 2014, archaeologists on Tuesday discovered a weighing unit made of crystal quartz, which is transparent in nature, from the Sangam-Era site ...