Making ice at room temperature
Electric fields can freeze confined layers of water
Electric fields move water droplets
New effect could be used to automate experiments in chemistry
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Swimming around in circles
Researchers learn more about the behaviour of E. coli near solid surfaces
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Magnetic surprise for liquids
Magnetic moments come and go in Mercury and other liquid metals
“Smoking” grass leads to nanotubes
Researchers in China have reported a novel way to make carbon nanotubes
Amino acids meet electronics
Researchers have shown that inorganic surfaces can trap peptide chains
Microscopes reach new depths
AFMs go beneath the surface of liquids
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Turning the lotus effect on its head
New experiments show that lotus leaves do not always repel water droplets
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Bacteria turn to chemistry
Ions influence growth rates in a specific way
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Making a splash
Experiments shed new light on a seemingly simple process
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