A small team of physicists at the University of Amsterdam has demonstrated the ability of 3D-printed particles to propel themselves across the surface of a fluid, given the right fuel. The group has ...

In a liquid like water, the particles are randomly arranged ... In liquids, particles are quite close together and move with random motion throughout the container. In gases the particles move ...

The microcontroller is hooked up with an 3-axis gyroscope and accelerometer, which it uses to track motion and influence the motion of the particles in turn. The results of the simple fluid ...

A curious liquid refused to remain chaotic after being shaken and settled into a smooth, outlined shape like a piece of ...

Suspensions are widespread in industry and everyday life. By a suspension, materials scientists mean a liquid in which tiny, ...

In a surprising twist, a graduate student at UMass Amherst discovered a strange new fluid behavior that seems to defy thermodynamics. While experimenting with oil, water, and magnetized nickel ...

The little spheres represent water molecules. Molecules are in constant motion. The attractions water molecules have for each other keep them close together. They can move past each other, but their ...

A team of researchers led by a physics graduate student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst made the surprising discovery of what they call a "shape-recovering liquid," which defies some ...

are a unique class of nanomaterials that combine the properties of liquid crystals with the advantages of nanoparticles. These hybrid particles exhibit the orientational order and responsiveness of ...

For example, liquid water turns into water vapour when it is heated enough, and it turns into ice when it is cooled enough.The closeness, arrangement and motion of the particles in a substance ...