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Riding the AI wave toward rapid, precise ocean simulations

AI has created a sea change in society; now, it is setting its sights on the sea itself. Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University have developed a machine learning-powered fluid simulation model that significantly reduces ...

Polymerlike worms wriggle their way through mazes

In a crowded room, we naturally move slower than in an empty space. Surprisingly, worms can show the exact opposite behavior: In an environment with randomly scattered obstacles, they tend to move faster when there are more ...

Engineers redefine how heat transfers on advanced surfaces

When University of Texas at Dallas researchers tested a new surface that they designed to collect and remove condensates rapidly, the results surprised them. The mechanical engineers' design collected more condensates, or ...

Bubbles that break rules: A fluid discovery that defies logic

A team led by researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill have made an extraordinary discovery that is reshaping our understanding of bubbles and their movement. Picture tiny air bubbles inside a container filled with liquid. When the ...

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Study unveils new extrusion-induced instabilities in viscoelastic materials
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Physicists model how amorphous solids lose their stability
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'Water tweezers': New technique generates topological structures with gravity water waves
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Active matter: Scientists create three-dimensional 'synthetic worms'
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Generating record-speed waves on extremely water-repellent surfaces
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Machine learning and physics merge to enhance liquid-gas phase transition predictions
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The dynamics of fluid flow on (and off) inclined fibers
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Scientists achieve optical control of phase and group velocities in everyday liquids
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Study reveals how swimming speed alters foot vortex dynamics
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Surface roughness disrupts glass transition in colloidal ellipsoids, offering a new material design parameter
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Pea-based cappuccino: Study investigates characteristics of foam
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Superfluid spirals: Scientists control Kelvin waves for first time
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Accidental discovery of identical oil lenses offers insights into emulsions on fluid surfaces
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Superionic compound with liquid-like dynamics shows promise as solid-state battery electrolyte
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Quantum-inspired computing drives major advance in simulating turbulence
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Unified model scales pressure fluctuation in an accelerated liquid
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Soap's maze-solving skills could unlock secrets of the human body
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Salt deposit ring inside your pasta pan? Researchers unveil the physical mechanisms at play
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Perseverance rover witnesses one Martian dust devil eating another
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Marine microbes reveal new gene clusters for hydrogen production
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Drug-delivering aptamers target leukemia stem cells for a one-two knockout punch
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Prey size plays surprising role in competition among wolves, bears and cougars
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Quantum statistical approach quiets big, noisy data
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Infrared heavy-metal-free quantum dots deliver sensitive and fast sensors for eye-safe LIDAR applications
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The fungal circadian clock: A potential target for combating plant diseases
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Common catalyst works by cycling between two different forms, upending a long-held supposition
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Firefly light gives rise to sensor that detects cellular alterations
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Rising odds asteroid that briefly threatened Earth will hit moon
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Bonobos combine calls in similar ways to human language, study finds
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Molecular clock analysis shows bacteria used oxygen long before widespread photosynthesis
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Animal behavioral diversity at risk in the face of declining biodiversity
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Fluorescent biosensor tracks plant RNA in real time for better crops and biosecurity
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Some insects are declining, but what's happening to the other 99%?
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Antibiotic resistance among key bacterial species plateaus over time, study shows
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Stem cell barcoding reveals how the brain and inner ear are formed
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Cellular regulator of mRNA vaccine revealed, offering new therapeutic options
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Climate change and prehistoric human populations: Study finds eastward shift of settlement areas at end of last Ice Age
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Physicists uncover electronic interactions mediated via spin waves

Unraveling the super-complex structure of supercooled liquids

When cooled to their freezing point, most liquids become solids or crystallize. In other words, the molecules arrange themselves in a perfectly ordered fashion, which physicists call a crystal. Supercooled liquids are different; ...

Physicists develop a metamaterial that can count

A block of rubber that can count to ten and even remember the order in which it is pressed—physicists Martin van Hecke and Lennard Kwakernaak (Leiden University and AMOLF Amsterdam) have published about this latest metamaterial ...

Fondant: Where baking and thermodynamics mix

With their unique appearance, texture, and mouthfeel, fondants have intrigued bakers and physicists for years. They present an appetizing enigma in the world of confectionery, an intriguing combination of sugar, water, and ...

Better predictions of wildfire spread may sit above the treetops

When the skies above Palo Alto darkened with smoke from the Camp Fire in 2018, Stanford researcher Hayoon Chung was in a fluid mechanics lab on campus studying how ocean currents flowed over patches of seagrass. She wondered ...

Q&A: Illuminating physics in the kitchen

It's a place most of us have to visit daily. Sometimes eagerly. Sometimes begrudgingly. But the kitchen also can be a place of scientific discovery.

Study shows how microplastics stick around in human airways

Research shows humans might inhale about 16.2 bits of microplastic every hour, which is equivalent to a credit card over an entire week. And these microplastics—tiny debris in the environment generated from the degradation ...

Improving fluid simulations with embedded neural networks

While neural networks can help to improve the accuracy of fluid flow simulations, new research shows how their accuracy is limited unless the right approach is taken. By embedding fluid properties into neural networks, simulation ...

Electronic noses sniff out volatile organic compounds

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are chemicals emitted as gases that can have adverse health effects. They are often found in paints, pharmaceuticals, and refrigerants, among other common products, but they can also act ...

Researchers transform our understanding of crystals

When most people think of crystals, they picture suncatchers that act as rainbow prisms or the semi-transparent stones that some believe hold healing powers. However, to scientists and engineers, crystals are a form of materials ...

Exploring the physics of gummy candy

For gummy candies, texture might be even more important than taste. Biting into a hard, stale treat is disappointing, even if it still carries a burst of sweetness. Keeping gummies in good condition depends on their formulation ...