Magnonic crystals are artificial periodic structures designed to control and manipulate the propagation of spin waves, also known as magnons. These crystals are the magnetic analogs of photonic ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The propagation of light can be radically controlled with tailor-made nanostructures, called photonic crystals. The main feature of such crystals is a forbidden gap: waves with ...

Shock waves around dusty, young stars might be creating the raw materials for planets, scientists now say. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope detected quartz-like crystals around young stars just ...

Researchers have mathematically elucidated how the presence of crystals and gas bubbles in magma affects the propagation of seismic P-waves. A novel equation was derived to describe the travel of ...