Crystallography matters ... more!

Many initiatives have been and are being organized to involve schoolchildren at Mudaliarpet, Pondicherry (India) into crystallography on the occasion of IYCr2014.

1. At first, the students were given a brief introduction on various crystals, which made them think about how crystals are formed.

2. Following this, a team of students were selected for a project on Crystal Growth - investigating the size, shape and number of crystals formed, taking various substances such as table salt, sugar, epsom salt, borax, potassium nitrate and alum. 

3. A Radio Talk was given by the teacher and the students on the "International Year of Crystallography".

4. A lecture was given on the topic to the school students, following which a demonstration -cum- exhibition, along with a poster presentation by the teacher is to be arranged for view for the public around the school locale. 

5. A next attempt to telecast the above in the television is made.

6. Students of our school are participating in the IYCr2014 Crystal Growing Competition. 

Eine neue Kluft im Steinbruch Eibenstein lieferte beachtliche Kalzitkristalle, z.T. Phantombildungen und Kalzite in Chalcedon.

Aus Motlas O.Ö. wurden herrliche Quarz-Stufen, Andalusit, Beryll, Schörl und Orthoklas angekauft.

In der Mittelvitrine werden aus der Studiensammlung des Museum besondere Stufen ausgestellt: Einzel-Quarzkristalle und Stufen (auch Amethyst), sowie seltene Mineralien wie Amstallit, bzw. aus dem Fundort Kottaun; ferner Beryll, Chalcedon, Schörl u.a.

Ebenso wurde der größte Feldspatkristall Österreichs aus Wanzenau bei Rosenburg dem Krahuletz-Museum übergeben und ist dort im Rahmen der Mineralien-Dauerausstellung zu sehen.

The opening is scheduled on June 23rd, with the presence of Professor Robert Huber, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. The results of the Photo Contest will be announced.

The Australian satellite of the IYCr2014 photo competition Crystallography in Everyday Life saw Crystal 29 conference delegates select their favorite images from more than 130 entries submitted world-wide.

The 15 stunning images celebrate the wonder of crystallography, symmetry and crystals as symbolized in the places, objects and experiences of everyday life and will now form part of the traveling exhibition around Australia.

Graziano Lolli from Italy won the first prize in this category with a photo of "romanesco broccoli".

El Museo de Historia Natural "Dr. Carlos A. Torres de la Llosa" de Montevideo, Uruguay ha realizado una exhibición especial de Cristales y Estructuras Cristalinas aprovechando su colección de minerales para celebrar el Año Internacional de la Cristalografía 2014. En la exposición se agregan a los minerales algunas figuras con las estructuras atómicas correspondientes.

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The Natural History Museum "Dr. Carlos A. Torres de la Llosa" of Montevideo, Uruguay has created a special exhibit of Crystals and Crystal structures using its own minerals collection to celebrate the International Year of Crystallography 2014. The exposition contains some figures with the atomic structures of the selected minerals.

- Man, crystal, pearl and coral: myths and symbols

- King, Prince and Bishop: gems in majesty

- the science of gems

Many events will be organized around the exhibition: concerts, conferences, demonstrations, ...

More information at http://www.aicr2014.fr and http://www.musee-saint-antoine.fr

The exhibition will open on May 9th with a speech by Sven Lidin, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Lund University and Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.

The exhibition "Living with crystal" (original title in Slovenian: Živeti s kristali), organized on the occasion of the International Year of Crystallography, will be open from 13 February 2014 to 11 January 2015 at the Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Ljubljana. 

On display: Photographs of minerals, Crystal drawings, Mineral and crystal collections, Jewellery, Fluorescent minerals, Interactive presentation of minerals and rocks on Biedermeier tables, Interactive play "Umek the Mineralogist", Microscopic world of crystals.

Authors: Miha Jeršek, Mirjan Žorž, Breda Činč Juhant, Katarina Fuchs

Con motivo de este año tan especial, se ha organizado la exposición titulada "Los minerales: Año Internacional de la Cristalografía".

La exposición trata de ofrecer un recorrido por las características principales de los minerales, los cristales inorgánicos naturales. Estas características van desde cuales son las posibles formas de la celda unidad (sistemas cristalinos) hasta las principales propiedades físicas que presentan como consecuencia de su composición y su estructura, y que, con frecuencia, nos permiten identificarlos.

Reflections: tales from within the crystal

School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Crystals have long captivated humankind, from ancient healing remedies and myth and legend, to modern fashion trends and industrial applications.

Scientific interest in crystals was piqued over 400 years ago by Johann Kepler who detailed the beautiful symmetry of ice crystals. By the 20^th century, scientists discovered that X-rays could be used to determine the arrangement of the atoms which comprise the crystal, creating the field of Crystallography.

This exhibition celebrates the International Year of Crystallography bringing together crystal specimens, models and instruments used throughout history to solve the mysteries that lie within the crystal.

This exhibition explores the colorful intersections between crystallography and art.

Crystal-inspired origami, the patterns of Philippine traditional weaves, and student works inspired by M.C. Escher are showcased. A panel depicting the 17 crystallographic wallpaper groups is also featured.

The event is the first of a series of exhibitions organized by the High School Department of the Visayan Nazarene Bible College to celebrate the International Year of Crystallography 2014.

Para conmemorar los 100 años de la otorgación del Premio Nobel de Física al científico alemán Max von Laue “por su descubrimiento de la difracción de rayos-X por cristales”, la Unión Internacional de Cristalografía (IUCr, por sus siglas en inglés) junto a la UNESCO han proclamado el 2014 como el Año Internacional de la Cristalografía (IYCR, por sus siglas en inglés).

El objetivo del IYCR 2014 es incrementar la conciencia del público sobre la cristalografía de rayos-X y de cómo esta técnica apoya casi todos los desarrollos tecnológicos de nuestro mundo moderno. El IYCR 2014 tiene también un fuerte componente educativo enfocado en estudiantes de todas las edades y la ambición de proveer entrenamiento sobre esta técnica en países que no tengan una gran comunidad cristalográfica. Alrededor de todo el mundo se están haciendo actividades como parte de esta conmemoración y Puerto Rico no es la excepción.

El Colegio de Químicos ha organizado un Simposio de Cristalografía como parte de su Convención Anual PRCHEM 2014 en saludo al Año Internacional de Cristalografía.

El simposio contará con la participación del Dr. Juan Manuel García Ruiz, de la Universidad de Granada como conferenciante plenario, y los doctores Dalice Piñero (Universidad de Puerto Rico-Río Piedras), Dr. Rolando Roque (Universidad del Turabo), Dr. Jorge L. Colón (Universidad de Puerto Rico-Río ), Dr. Carlos Nieves Marrero (Universidad de Puerto Rico-Aguadilla), y el Dr. Juan López-Garriga (Universidad de Puerto Rico-Mayagüez).

The first Virtual Conference on Computational Chemistry (VCCC-2013) was held from 1st to 31st August 2013. Following the success of this conference, we are now planning for the second virtual conference, VCCC-2014, from 1st to 31st August 2014.

Chemistry is no more about test-tubes and experiments but it also involves the use of efficient and accurate computational methods.

This virtual conference will also be held as part of the International Year of Crystallography. Computational chemistry is also used to complement research involving crystallography.

ICT can be used effectively for conferences and thus, virtual conferences have gained popularity. The major advantage of virtual conference is the lower cost involved for participation. One simply has to have access to the Internet or email to be involved in the conference.

X-Ray Diffraction is one of widely used technique for study of internal structure. It is used because of simplicity of operation and wide range of application. Many aspects of material ranging from chemical like Phase identification to physical like measurement of residual stresses.

The workshop is an effort to keep us abreast of the new developments in field of X-Ray Diffraction and its application with giving basics introduction to the world of X-ray diffraction. To fulfill the goal, workshop will give introductory sessions about the XRD through the interactive lectures from the leading experts of the field and hand on experience about the equipment through practical session.

The use of crystallographic data and analysis for molecules in drug development development, reflecting on past achievements and future directions in molecular design and materials characterization, has served as the basis in the understanding of the structure and function of medicines.  We hope that those participating in the Boston Biotech Symposium find interesting and relevant original research to stimulate new ideas in the area of structural science in pharmaceutical materials research.

This is a Free Event. Please indicate if you wish to come by emailing Magali.hickey@alkermes.com 

The aim of this open lecture, entitled "Crystals in our daily lives", is to raise awareness that we use many crystals and crystalline substrates in our daily lives. Students in junior high schools and high schools will be the major audience of this lecture.

Three professors involved in research on organic, inorganic and metallic materials will demonstrate some interesting examples of crystals around us.