Once its unusual electrical properties were understood, crystalline quartz was sent directly from quarries and mines to factories, where they were turned into piezoelectric devices with no ...

The reverse piezoelectric effect occurs when an electrical field is applied to the crystal. The electric field interacts with the dipole moments within the crystal, causing it to expand or contract, ...

More than one of our readers suggested we highlight this beautifully-shot process documentary about the laborious and precise manufacturing of piezoelectric quartz crystals in the early 1940s.

North America holds a dominant share of the global piezoelectric sensor market, primarily due to the presence of key players ...

In a paper published Monday in Nature Geoscience, geologists in Australia write that piezoelectricity is the secret to quartz ...

The electric spark generated by the piezoelectric effect causes gold atoms to precipitate from the fluids on the quartz surface, forming ideal conditions for further gold accumulation. As the ...

Advances in materials science stemming from research in South Korea are leading to higher-performance piezoelectric and ...

The incredible transformation of quartz into massive gold nuggets was recently uncovered. ‘Black hole shocker’: Omega Centauri’s secret isn’t what astronomers thought '620-mile fault ...