Mouthfeel of food determines whether people go back for seconds
Are you a sucker, cruncher or chewer … maybe even a smoosher? Think about it: how do you taste your food?
Are you a sucker, cruncher or chewer … maybe even a smoosher? Think about it: how do you taste your food?
Social Sciences
Nov 8, 2023
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Mountains create their own weather or climate systems by changing airflow and precipitation patterns. Orographic, or mountain-influenced, precipitation occurs as moisture-laden air rises over the high topography; the air ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 8, 2023
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A species of spider lives its entire life underwater, despite having lungs that can only breathe atmospheric oxygen. How does it do it? This spider, known as the Argyroneta aquatica, has millions of rough, water-repellent ...
Materials Science
Oct 4, 2023
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The story of Qi Chen's research is full of serendipity. In the first year of her Ph.D., she was hanging out with friends at the University's Zernike campus, discussing the topics of their research. Chen told them she was ...
Materials Science
Sep 12, 2023
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A team led by Prof. Wang Guozhong and Zhou Hongjian from the Institute of Solid State Physics (ISSP), Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has successfully utilized surface ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 6, 2023
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A new study suggests rough surfaces inspired by the bacteria-killing spikes on insect wings may be more effective at combating drug-resistant superbugs, including fungus, than previously understood.
Bio & Medicine
Aug 29, 2023
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The precision of obtaining abundant light-matter-interact information with a snapshot measurement makes optical spectroscopy indispensable for modern industries and scientific research. The miniaturization of traditionally ...
Optics & Photonics
May 9, 2023
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Granular materials contain large numbers of small, discrete particles, which collectively behave like uniform media. Their thermal conductivity is crucial to understanding their overall behavior—but so far, researchers ...
General Physics
Feb 23, 2023
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New information about an emerging technique that could track microplastics from space has been uncovered by researchers at the University of Michigan. It turns out that satellites are best at spotting soapy or oily residue, ...
Environment
Feb 8, 2023
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When two rocks interact with each other in a fault zone, the roughness of their surfaces could influence the outcome, including when they cause earthquakes. Still, the underlying mechanics of this relationship remain unclear.
Earth Sciences
Feb 8, 2023
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