Unlike barnacles, which cement themselves tightly to the surfaces of rocks, piers or ships, the clamlike bivalves called mussels dangle more loosely from these surfaces, attached by a collection of fine filaments known as ...
Materials Science
Jul 23, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Have you ever noticed the way water flows around boulders in a fast-moving river, creating areas of stillness and intense motion? What if those forces of fluid flow could be controlled at the smallest levels?
General Physics
Jul 12, 2013
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Massive earthquakes can cause distant volcanoes to sink, according to research in Japan and Chile published on Sunday.
Earth Sciences
Jun 30, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Daniel Attinger paused before handing over a photo of a crime scene. "Are you bothered by the sight of blood?" There was good reason for his question: The photo showed blood pooled and smeared on a floor. Blood ...
Engineering
Apr 19, 2013
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Geoscientist Michele Cooke and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst take an uncommon, "Earth is lazy" approach to modeling fault development in the crust that is providing new insights into how faults grow. ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 3, 2013
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Animal cells behave like fluid-filled sponges in response to being mechanically deformed according to new research published today in Nature Materials.
Materials Science
Jan 7, 2013
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When materials are stressed, they eventually change shape. Initially these changes are elastic, and reverse when the stress is relieved. When the material's strength is exceeded, the changes become permanent. This could result ...
Condensed Matter
Dec 13, 2012
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What makes soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo's "knuckleball" shot so unpredictable and difficult to stop? At the American Physical Society's (APS) Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD) meeting, November 18 – 20, 2012, in San Diego, ...
General Physics
Nov 16, 2012
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In the far future, superconducting quantum bits might serve as components of high-performance computers. Today already do they help better understand the structure of solids, as is reported by researchers of Karlsruhe Institute ...
Quantum Physics
Oct 14, 2012
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On Monday, Aug. 6, USC Professor Jernej Barbič will release the world's most comprehensive library of 3D deformable modeling software for free open source download.
Computer Sciences
Aug 6, 2012
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