Borax makes it easy for your kids to experiment and grow crystals of their very own! Let’s experiment for Valentine’s Day and make heart crystals Gather your kids around the table for this fun ...

Polishing the crystals to make them optically cleaner would be a good next step, as would perhaps growing even larger crystals.

So far, students from Asia, Africa and Europe have taken part in this year's Global Experiment by growing a variety of different crystals. In addition to sharing their crystallisation data on our ...

The main purpose of the Handheld HDPCG (High Density Protein Crystal Growth) experiment is to grow large, well ordered protein crystals in microgravity for highly medically relevant proteins that are ...

Participants in the global experiment get the chance to investigate the properties of five widely available samples, ranging from sugar to Epsom salts, by dissolving, saturating and growing crystals.

The rest of the process happens more or less naturally, as crystals begin to form in the saturated solution. And boy, did they grow — long, prismatic lime-green crystals, with a beautiful ...

“Growing crystals means they can take a break from ... Not only is “patience” one of the keys to the success of the home experiment, so is a creativity. While some students choose to make ...

They arranged dozens of red Solo and clear plastic cups, each containing one alum crystal, on the room’s large wooden table.

If you’re interested in exploring crystal growth further, check out the results of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2014 Global Experiment. People all over the world tried growing crystals to ...

According to a study published in the journal Physical Review Letters, researchers at the University of Limerick have created a novel technique for growing organic crystals that could be used in ...

Benedict founded the competition in 2014 to provide kids with a fun science experiment while also helping ... What: Judging of crystals submitted for the 11th annual U.S. Crystal Growing Competition.