Atmospheric transport of microplastics is highly sensitive to particle shape and size
Read article: Microplastics with elongated shapes travel further in the environment
High-pressure air delivers kinetic energy to mixing fluids
Read article: Bursting bubbles accelerate melting of tidewater glaciers
New generic technique requires no substrate to fix ink and works thanks to a phenomenon known as diffusion-osmotic flow
Read article: Ion-exchange bead writes under water
Hydrophobic coating increases fluid forces
Read article: Partially submerged objects experience more drag than expected
Cell unjamming in breast tumours is found to correlate with the development of distant metastases
Read article: Soft-matter physics helps reveal whether cancers are likely to spread
Laser pulses turn water temporarily into a metal
Read article: Water-based switch outpaces semiconductor devices
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: Material memories can be erased
New insights could benefit ink-jet printing
Read article: Flowing liquid ‘chains’ are best described by Niels Bohr, not Lord Rayleigh
Magneto-rotational instability is spotted for the first time in the lab
Read article: Magnetic-fluid experiment sheds light on astrophysical accretion discs
Matin Durrani reports from a conference held to mark the retirement of polymer physicist Athene Donald
Read article: Athene Donald: why even great physicists like her suffer from impostor syndrome
