UB chemist Jason Benedict organized the first-ever U.S. Crystal Growing Competition. In mid-December, five UB faculty members judged a total of 68 entries, mailed to Benedict’s lab by K-12 students ...

Borax makes it easy for your kids to experiment and grow crystals of their very own! Let’s experiment for Valentine’s Day and ...

We hardly ever talk about homegrown crystals, though, and that’s a shame once you see how easy it is to make beautiful ... And boy, did they grow — long, prismatic lime-green crystals, with ...

I didn’t until I saw that University at Buffalo researcher Jason Benedict was promoting the United States Crystal Growing Competition, which started yesterday. Benedict is asking K-12 students ...