In a new study, researchers have discovered that applying a small difference in temperature to a watered-down mixture of a compound called zirconium phosphate initiates its liquid crystallization. As ...

(Nanowerk News) Glass might seem to be an ordinary material we encounter every day, but the physics at play inside are actually quite complex and still not completely understood by scientists. Some ...

Active matter: this microscope image shows part of a cluster of self-propelled particles, colour-coded according to their distance from the centre. (Courtesy: Jie Zhang, Ricard Alert, Jing Yan, Ned S ...

Surf's up for microbes swimming beside red blood cells. New calculations and experiments model for the first time how spherical particles submerged in gooey liquid travel along a flexible rubber sheet ...

In a new study, Northwestern engineers discovered that groups of tiny particles suspended in liquid oscillate together, keeping time as though they somehow sense one another's motion. The team used a ...

Tokyo, Japan – Glass might seem to be an ordinary material we encounter every day, but the physics at play inside are actually quite complex and still not completely understood by scientists. Some ...

Scientists studying particle collisions at CERN have captured new evidence of how quarks move through the early universe’s ...

Writing on solid materials, like parchment or paper, is possible because the ink binds to the surface and remains undisturbed. But in a liquid, particles are constantly moving around, and ink quickly ...