When it comes to crystals, we tend to imagine solid, rigid structures with distinct, repeating patterns, such as ice, salt, and quartz. However, new research conducted by Noushine Shahidzadeh, a physicist from the University of Amsterdam Institute of Physics, reveals a different reality: crystals ca
Floppy crystals. Salts that contain water in their crystalline structure can become soft and floppy. Credit: UvA
, reveals a different reality: crystals can also be soft and pliable, lacking the recognizable facets that we typically associate with them.Floppy crystals
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