The need of the determination of solid-liquid adhesion work is as old as Dupré’s definition of the reversible work of adhesion. In addition to its scientific importance, this quantity is a critical ...

The fluid solid coupling effect in the flow microchannel system can easily induce severe vibration and noise, which seriously affects the performance and safety of the equipment. By its bandgap ...

In everyday life, all matter exists as either a gas, liquid, or solid. In quantum mechanics, however, it is possible for two distinct states to exist simultaneously. An ultracold quantum system, for ...

The nuclei of most human cells contains the entire genome, which would have a length of about six feet if it was fully extended. So this DNA has to be carefully compacted in cells, while still ...

Elisa Oviedo transforms water from liquid to solid. Elisa Oviedo and her niece change water from liquid to solid using a freezer. Then they heat water up on the stove until it turns into gas. Elisa ...

Researchers at Duke University have uncovered the molecular inner workings of a material that could underpin next-generation rechargeable batteries. Unlike today's popular lithium-ion batteries that ...

Solid robots can now move, melt and reform like the T-1000 in the movie Terminator 2. Brian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog ...

A team at the University of Colorado Boulder has designed new kinds of liquid crystals that mirror the complex structures of some solid crystals—a major step forward in building flowing materials that ...

Imagine you’re eating dinner. You try to pour some ranch dressing onto your plate to dip your veggies into. You tip the container upside down, but nothing comes out. Seems like a solid. So you shake ...