A restless state, known as a quantum spin liquid, could unlock new kinds of particles and serve as a foundation for quantum ...

The Outside Story shows how needle-thin columns of ice protruding from the ground are formed from the liquid between soil particles.

AMES, Iowa – Martin Thuo likes to look for new, affordable and clean ways to put science and technology to work in the world. His lab is dedicated to an idea called frugal innovation: “How do you do ...

Lehigh Univeristy scientists, as reported in the Jan. 26, 2001, issue of Science, have succeeded in making droplets of water speed at rates of centimeters, even a meter or more, per second. Manoj ...

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Self-assembling electronics made from liquid metal particles could provide a cheaper way of manufacturing computer chips, simply by harnessing the basic physics of how fluids flow through tiny ...

Researchers have discovered a "shape-recovering liquid" that appears to defy the laws of thermodynamics. The liquid, which is made up of oil, water and magnetized particles,consistently separates into ...

A method for the comprehensive analysis and characterization of nanoplastics in liquids has been developed. A collaboration between Graz University of Technology and the biotech company BRAVE ...