Scientists have found a way to see ultrafast molecular interactions inside liquids using an extreme laser technique once ...

Water is clear and colorless and has many interesting and useful characteristics. There are other liquids that are also clear and colorless but have properties very different from water. In this ...

Power plants are engineered with precision down to the smallest detail, yet one critical variable is often considered too ...

This corralled supercooled liquid relies on the surprising property that some atoms in a liquid remain stationary regardless ...

Liquid metals can spontaneously bulge, protrude, branch and slither in response to certain ions in their environment. This happens due to the Marangoni effect, which starts with uneven changes in the ...

Light can act like waves and particles, depending on the experiment you use to observe. It can also be turned into a liquid state in extreme condition such as at absolute zero degree environment. For ...

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Physicists call this strange state a quantum spin liquid, and for decades it has been one of the most elusive phases of ...

On Finnish Independence Day in December 2018, Finland’s first lady, Jenni Haukio, wore a dress made from birch trees. No, she wasn’t covered in bark and leaves. The garment was woven from fibers made ...

If you’ve never heard of zymurgy, you aren’t alone. But if you’ve ever tasted a beer, you’ve experienced it: Zymurgy is the science of fermentation. For Tracy Hamilton, associate professor in the ...