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Nanomaterials help spiders spin the toughest stuff

Spiders' silk is already tough stuff—just ask your friendly neighbourhood Spiderman.

Nanomaterials

Aug 14, 2017

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Exploring the physics of a chocolate fountain

A mathematics student has worked out the secrets of how chocolate behaves in a chocolate fountain, answering the age-old question of why the falling 'curtain' of chocolate surprisingly pulls inwards rather than going straight ...

General Physics

Nov 24, 2015

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Snake skin inspired surfaces smash records, providing 40 percent friction reduction

Snake skin inspired surfaces smash records, providing an astonishing 40% friction reduction in tests of high performance materials.

General Physics

Jun 30, 2015

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Cockroach-inspired robot uses body streamlining to negotiate obstacles

Researchers at University of California, Berkeley have taken inspiration from the cockroach to create a robot that can use its body shape to manoeuvre through a densely cluttered environment.

Robotics

Jun 22, 2015

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Interstellar technology throws light on spinning black holes

The team responsible for the Oscar-nominated visual effects at the centre of Christopher Nolan's epic, Interstellar, have turned science fiction into science fact by providing new insights into the powerful effects of black ...

Astronomy

Feb 13, 2015

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Sun's rotating 'magnet' pulls lightning towards UK

(Phys.org) —The Sun may be playing a part in the generation of lightning strikes on Earth by temporarily 'bending' the Earth's magnetic field and allowing a shower of energetic particles to enter the upper atmosphere.

Earth Sciences

Nov 19, 2014

Twisted light waves sent across Vienna

A group of researchers from Austria have sent twisted beams of light across the rooftops of Vienna.

Quantum Physics

Nov 11, 2014

Measuring on ice: Researchers create 'smart' ice skating blade

An ice skating blade that informs figure skaters of the stresses they are imposing on their joints has been developed by a group of researchers in the US.

Engineering

Oct 20, 2014