Search results for nonequilibrium dynamics

Polymers Dec 9, 2024

Scientists solve one of the hardest problems in the computational atomic-scale mechanics of materials

Currently employed computational methods to simulate materials and their mechanical behavior are based on molecular dynamics (MD) with atomistic force-fields. These methods provide an excellent description of the thermodynamically ...

Mathematics Dec 6, 2024

Hybrid model links micro and macro scales in complex systems

In fields ranging from immunology and ecology to economics and thermodynamics, multi-scale complex systems are ubiquitous. They are also notoriously difficult to model. Conventional approaches take either a bottom-up or top-down ...

Quantum Physics Dec 5, 2024

In experiments, superconducting qubit baths give clean simulation of quantum transport

Researchers from Singapore and China have used a superconducting quantum processor to study the phenomenon of quantum transport in unprecedented detail.

Mathematics Oct 23, 2024

New theory identifies how physics principle of 'rattling' relates to self-organization

If you've ever watched a large flock of birds on the wing, moving across the sky like a cloud with various shapes and directional changes appearing from seeming chaos, or the maneuvers of an ant colony forming bridges and ...

Optics & Photonics Oct 2, 2024

As the Advanced Photon Source upgrade nears completion, scientists anticipate experimental possibilities

In June, X-rays began to shine again at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Advanced Photon Source (APS), a facility where intense, directed X-ray light beams are used to inspect everything from materials for better solar ...

Soft Matter Sep 6, 2024

Discovery of a new convective instability in complex fluids, 140 years after Lord Rayleigh

An altogether new convective instability has been predicted and experimentally discovered, 140 years after Lord Rayleigh. Convective instabilities are of fundamental importance for both our everyday life as well as for ecology ...

Cell & Microbiology Aug 28, 2024

Study finds flexibility and helical twists of actin filaments regulate actin-binding proteins

Researchers at Kanazawa University have published an article in eLife deciphering the actin structure-dependent preferential cooperative binding of cofilin.

Soft Matter Aug 13, 2024

A new robotic platform to reproduce and study complex ciliary behavior

Cilia are sensory structures extending from the surface of some cells. These hair-like structures are known to contribute to the sensorimotor capabilities of various living organisms, including humans.

Soft Matter Aug 9, 2024

Ability to track nanoscale flow in soft matter could prove pivotal discovery

For roughly 70 years, Play-Doh has been entertaining children with its moldable, squishy form. This familiar substance belongs to a broader category known as soft matter, which includes some foods (such as mayonnaise), 3D ...

Nanomaterials May 17, 2024

Ion irradiation offers promise for 2D material probing

Two-dimensional materials such as graphene promise to form the basis of incredibly small and fast technologies, but this requires a detailed understanding of their electronic properties. New research demonstrates that fast ...

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