Many substances display crystallization, allowing them to keep adding to a basic shape to reach pretty humongous proportions. Although we usually tend to think of pretty stones that get fashioned ...

A recent theory challenges conventional understanding of crystallization. It shows that the dominant element in a solution—the solvent, not the solute—is the material that crystallizes. This finding, ...

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The US Department of Agriculture estimates that sugar beets account for over half of domestic sugar production. Sugar beets, produced all over the northern Great Plains, must be treated to extract and ...