NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered opal on Mars. The deposits may prove to be valuable to future Martian explorers not as jewelry but as a potential source of water. Opal is formed when water ...

A gem of a meteorite found in Antarctica is studded with pieces of opal, a crystal that is associated with water. The discovery lends greater strength to the idea that meteorites brought water to ...

Researchers created polymer particles that mimic opal's lasting colors, offering a sustainable way to make vivid pigments for ...

A research team affiliated with UNIST has developed a novel method to synthesize polymer-based particles that mimic the ...

The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (Ansto) announced on 5 May that it had been given the go-ahead to restart the Opal research reactor following approval on 1 May by the ...