Several years ago, scientists discovered that a single microscopic particle could rock back and forth on its own under a ...

Researchers unveil an optofluidic laser method that assembles micro- and nanoparticles in liquid, enabling multi material 3D ...

AMES, Iowa – Martin Thuo likes to look for new, affordable and clean ways to put science and technology to work in the world. His lab is dedicated to an idea called frugal innovation: “How do you do ...

Scientists studying molten metals have uncovered a surprising truth: even in a liquid state, some atoms do not move at all. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Motionless atoms can trap liquid metal in a strange ...

Engineers at Northwestern University have unveiled the behavior of single microscopic particles when they unite.

Most magnets are predictable. Cool them down, and their tiny magnetic moments snap into ...

Using advanced electron microscopy, researchers have watched individual atoms transition from chaotic liquid motion to ordered solid structure, revealing that the boundary between liquid and solid ...

Self-assembling electronics made from liquid metal particles could provide a cheaper way of manufacturing computer chips, simply by harnessing the basic physics of how fluids flow through tiny ...

Lehigh Univeristy scientists, as reported in the Jan. 26, 2001, issue of Science, have succeeded in making droplets of water speed at rates of centimeters, even a meter or more, per second. Manoj ...