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Using fluorescent tracers, researchers visualize the forces that move micrometer-diameter particles through a liquid subjected to a temperature gradient. Read More »
Researchers can fabricate gold foams that feature small and large pores with specific sizes. Read More »
Researchers demonstrate a method to reduce the energy spread of electrons used in electron microscopes, opening the door to time- and energy-resolved studies of quasiparticles such as phonons and plasmons. Read More »
The slow drift of microscale features on a surface reveals the force driving atoms from the hot to the cold side of the material. Read More »
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