Partially submerged objects experience more drag than expected
Hydrophobic coating increases fluid forces
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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
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Water-based switch outpaces semiconductor devices
Laser pulses turn water temporarily into a metal
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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
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Flowing liquid ‘chains’ are best described by Niels Bohr, not Lord Rayleigh
New insights could benefit ink-jet printing
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Magnetic-fluid experiment sheds light on astrophysical accretion discs
Magneto-rotational instability is spotted for the first time in the lab
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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
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Liquid-metal experiment simulates astrophysical accretion discs
Analogue provides insight into how turbulence drives angular momentum transfer
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Topological defects in liquid crystals resemble quantum bits, say mathematicians
“N-bits” could prove useful as a computing platform
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Hidden patterns found on the surface of water
Interface between water and air appears to have common properties with ice
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