The winners of the annual “Gallery of Soft Matter” competition included posters and videos depicting wiggling worms, wrinkly leaves, sun-shy algae, flowing solids, and drying fibers. Read More »
Researchers showed that a turbulent Bose-Einstein condensate exhibits the signs of classical turbulence, hinting at possible similarities between classical and quantum fluids. Read More »
Observations of a new deformation mode of ice could improve models of sea-level rise. Read More »
A new model captures the flow of heat from ocean water into floating ice, providing an important input for efforts to predict future melting in the Arctic. Read More »
An ultrasoft material can move smoothly through a pipe, but the motion generates “furrows” on the material’s front surface. Read More »
Seong Jim Kim and Myoung-Woon Moon of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology have developed a device that can “vacuum” up tiny pieces of plastic floating on the surface of a body of water. Read More »
A “Little Earth Experiment” inside a giant magnet sheds light on so-far-unexplained flow patterns in Earth’s interior. Read More »
A new model of liquid sprays reveals the mechanisms behind droplet formation—providing important information for eventually controlling the droplet sizes in, for example, home cleaning sprays. Read More »
Applying data mining tools to a rich observational dataset has enabled researchers to track the turbulent plasma clouds that accompany the aurora. Read More »
Theorists have developed a model to explain how a protein structure keeps its position while being buffeted by currents. Read More »
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