If you mix cornstarch and water in the right proportions, you get something that seems not-quite-liquid but also not-quite-solid. Oobleck...
Friction is hard to predict and control, especially since surfaces that come in contact are rarely perfectly flat. New experiments...
The world’s biggest experimental nuclear fusion reactor in operation was inaugurated in Japan on Friday, a technology in its infancy...
A new study suggests that universities have an essential role to fulfill in the continued growth and success of any...
Long before researchers discovered the electron and its role in generating electrical current, they knew about electricity and were exploring...
Microgels form a thin protective shell around a droplet until the temperature rises above 32°C. Then the microgels shrink and...
Quantum technologies are currently maturing at a breath-taking pace. These technologies exploit principles of quantum mechanics in suitably engineered systems,...
From precise inkjet printing to clear vision through spectacle lenses—the influence of droplets and their movement shapes numerous areas of...
Optical wireless may no longer have any obstacles. A study by Politecnico di Milano, conducted together with Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna...
Researchers at the University of Konstanz have discovered a new type of ultrafast magnetic switching by investigating fluctuations that normally...
Experiments at CERN and the Accelerator Laboratory in Jyväskylä, Finland, have revealed that the radius of an exotic nucleus of...
Scientists from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), along with their collaborators, have...
