Read article: Soft-matter physics helps reveal whether cancers are likely to spread
Cell unjamming in breast tumours is found to correlate with the development of distant metastases
Read article: Water-based switch outpaces semiconductor devices
Laser pulses turn water temporarily into a metal
Read article: Material memories can be erased
New mechanical annealing experiments will be important for improving the design of foams and emulsions commonly employed in the food and pharmaceutical industries
Read article: Flowing liquid ‘chains’ are best described by Niels Bohr, not Lord Rayleigh
New insights could benefit ink-jet printing
Read article: Magnetic-fluid experiment sheds light on astrophysical accretion discs
Magneto-rotational instability is spotted for the first time in the lab
Read article: Athene Donald: why even great physicists like her suffer from impostor syndrome
Matin Durrani reports from a conference held to mark the retirement of polymer physicist Athene Donald
Read article: Liquid-metal experiment simulates astrophysical accretion discs
Analogue provides insight into how turbulence drives angular momentum transfer
Read article: Topological defects in liquid crystals resemble quantum bits, say mathematicians
“N-bits” could prove useful as a computing platform
Read article: Hidden patterns found on the surface of water
Interface between water and air appears to have common properties with ice
Read article: Oscillating temperature gradient boosts heat flow in fluids
Discovery could improve climate models
