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Soap's maze-solving skills could unlock secrets of the human body
An international team of scientists have discovered that soap could be important to helping our understanding of complex systems in the human body, such as lungs, and improving therapies for conditions such as respiratory ...
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Jan 24, 2025
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Salt deposit ring inside your pasta pan? Researchers unveil the physical mechanisms at play
If you've ever tossed a generous pinch of salt into your pasta pan's water for flavor or as an attempt to make it boil faster, you've likely ended up with a whitish ring of deposits inside the pan.
General Physics
Jan 21, 2025
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Physicists develop the 'perfect' recipe for a well-known Italian pasta dish
A small team of physicists at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, working with a colleague from Universitat de Barcelona and another from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, has developed ...
Physicists experimentally observe topological defects in glasses for the first time
The amorphous state of matter is the most abundant form of visible matter in the universe, and includes all structurally disordered systems, such as biological cells or essential materials like glass and polymers.
Physical signals as fate deciders: How mechanical forces extrude cells from tissues
Epithelial tissues are in constant interaction with their environment. Maintaining their functionality requires dynamic balance (homeostasis) and that their cell numbers are tightly regulated. This is achieved by cell extrusion ...
General Physics
Jan 9, 2025
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Simulations of supercooled liquid molecular dynamics may lead to higher-quality glass production at lower cost
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 panes of glass, such as the stained-glass ...
Soft Matter
Jan 8, 2025
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Advanced method produces highly realistic simulations of fluid dynamics
Computer scientists at the University of California San Diego have developed a method for generating highly realistic computer-generated images of fluid dynamics in elements such as smoke.
Soft Matter
Jan 6, 2025
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The science behind your Christmas sweater: How friction shapes the form of knitted fabrics
A trio of physicists from the University of Rennes, Aoyama Gakuin University, and the University of Lyon have discovered, through experimentation, that it is friction between fibers that allows knitted fabrics to take on ...
Cooperation between two intruders moving side-by-side in granular media
In bird colonies, schools of fish and cycling pelotons, significant interactions occur between individuals through the surrounding fluid. These interactions are well understood in fluids such as air and water, but what happens ...
Scientists use machine learning to develop an opener for a molecular can
In an era of medical care that is increasingly aiming at more targeted medication therapies, more individual therapies and more effective therapies, doctors and scientists want to be able to introduce molecules to the biological ...
AI model deciphers splashing drop patterns with high accuracy
The impact of a drop on a solid surface is an important phenomenon that has various applications. Especially when the drop splashes, it can cause deterioration of printing and paint qualities, erosion, and propagation of ...
Soft Matter
Dec 27, 2024
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Leaves' resilience to raindrops offer insights into energy harvesting potential
To a leaf, a falling raindrop is equivalent in mass to a bowling ball dropping on a person—so how does the leaf survive? New research elucidates the raindrop's impact and the physical dynamics that help the leaf respond, ...
General Physics
Dec 23, 2024
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Scientists reinvent equations governing formation of snowflakes, raindrops and Saturn's rings
Skoltech researchers have proposed novel mathematical equations that describe the behavior of aggregating particles in fluids. This bears on natural and engineering processes as diverse as rain and snow formation, the emergence ...
General Physics
Dec 23, 2024
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Active particles reorganize 3D gels into denser porous structures, study shows
Colloidal gels are complex systems made up of microscopic particles dispersed in a liquid, ultimately producing a semi-solid network. These materials have unique and advantageous properties that can be tuned using external ...
Molecular 'pinball': Superfast collisions predict supercritical fluid properties
Neither gas nor liquid, supercritical fluids exhibit a unique mashup of the properties of both and arise when fluids are pushed to very high temperatures and pressures. Their properties make them ideal for a wide variety ...
General Physics
Dec 19, 2024
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New model find molecular interactions key to creating order in active systems
Non-reciprocal interactions can increase the order in an active system. This is the finding of a study by scientists from the department of Living Matter Physics at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization ...
General Physics
Dec 12, 2024
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Physicists introduce approach to control wave patterns via fluid flows
The reliable control of traveling waves emerging from the coupling of oscillations and diffusion in physical, chemical and biological systems is a long-standing challenge within the physics community. Effective approaches ...
Self-organization in action: Exploring Abrikosov clusters in a liquid crystal droplet
Science often surprises us with its ability to connect seemingly unrelated phenomena. Have you ever stopped to marvel at how nature arranges itself into intricate patterns, like the spirals of a sunflower or the crystals ...
New method discovered for controlling molecular patterns on liquid droplets
A team of researchers has uncovered a previously unknown phenomenon that could improve the way we design materials at the molecular level. By unlocking a transformation between two types of structural defects on the surface ...
Soft Matter
Dec 2, 2024
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3D-printed particles propel themselves across the surface of a fluid
A small team of physicists at the University of Amsterdam has demonstrated the ability of 3D-printed particles to propel themselves across the surface of a fluid, given the right fuel. The group has posted a paper describing ...
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Harnessing mushroom microbiomes for better crop development
Researchers achieve high-rate and stable ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate
Genome-wide atlas of cell morphology reveals gene functions
Scientists characterize shale cap rocks at tiny scales
Breaking boundaries: Protein found at cell's edge also discovered in nucleus
The Borealis Mud Volcano: A hidden sanctuary for marine biodiversity
