Every time you sit down with your phone in your back pocket, you’re reminded of a fundamental truth: Human bodies are soft and flexible. Electronics aren’t. But soon, there may be devices that can ...

Modeling the behavior of liquids is important for a wide range of applications, from industrial processes and medical devices to computer graphics and visual simulations. However, despite many years ...

It's widely known that thick, viscous liquids - like honey - flow more slowly than low-viscosity liquids, like water. Researchers were surprised to find this behaviour flipped on its head when the ...

The physics of liquid aspiration and dispensing make viscous liquid handling tricky. Some liquids (like glycerol) are impossible to accurately pipette manually, and can only be pipetted using an ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new, more environmentally friendly method of separating oil from tar sands has been developed by a team of researchers at Penn State. This method, which utilizes ionic liquids to ...

Making electrons flow like a liquid is difficult, but inside graphene researchers forced them to move so fast that they ...

Liquid film between a glider and ice does indeed exist. (Courtesy: L Bocquet, ENS) The liquid film that develops as an object glides across ice is as viscous as oil and much thinner than expected, say ...

Physicists surprised to find that in specially coated tubes, the more viscous a liquid is, the faster it flows. It's widely known that thick, viscous liquids -- like honey -- flow more slowly than low ...