Liquid metal experiment sheds light on solar corona conundrum
Why is the Sun’s outer atmosphere so much hotter than its surface?
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Airborne viruses could be protected by phase transitions in droplets and aerosols
Semisolid phase could explain why COVID-19 spreads in very low humidity
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Droplets bounce off each other in new triple Leidenfrost effect
Differing boiling points stop water and ethanol from coalescing
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Brain tumours spread by exploiting fundamental physics
Elastic cells favour malignant tumour growth
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Electric fields cause square droplets and liquid lattices to appear in oil mixtures
Effect could mimic swimming microbes
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Boiling droplets propel themselves across oily films
New variation on the Leidenfrost effect is discovered
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Quark–gluon plasma flows like water, calculations suggest
Hot, dense matter created just after the Big Bang has a liquid-like minimum kinetic viscosity
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Water on a cold surface must heat up to freeze
New insights into nucleation could help prevent ice forming on aircraft and wind turbines
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Lasers peer into a mysterious region of supercooled water
Research highlights the role of dynamics in liquid water below 0 °C
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‘Flat-pack pasta’ morphs into 3D shapes when cooked
Tiny grooves cause flat pasta to curl up into tubes and spirals
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