Fluid dynamics slips up
A long-held belief about liquid behaviour breaks down at small scales
Read article: Liquid marbles roll out
Liquid marbles roll out
Spheres of liquid that do not wet a surface could be used in micro-fluid devices
Lively proteins move and shake
Biophysicists find that proteins are much more dynamic than previously thought
Read article: Water droplets make an impact
Water droplets make an impact
The physics of bouncing water droplets underlies a range of industrial applications from crop spraying to ink-jet printing, explain Vance Bergeron and David Quéré
Lithography teams up with liquid crystals
A traditional printing process could help cutting-edge liquid crystal technology
Read article: Turbulent times for fluids
Turbulent times for fluids
Turbulence is highlighted by imaging methods from high-energy physics
Speed skating for water droplets
Super-fast drops could improve printing, lithography and surgical techniques
DIY black holes could supply the missing link
Benchtop 'black holes' could bridge the gap between relativity and quantum mechanics
Going with the flow
Small-scale liquid effects speed up micro-fluid devices
Read article: Flying the flag for fluid dynamics
Flying the flag for fluid dynamics
Zhang and colleagues found that the filaments – which are several centimetres long – have two distinct stable states depending on their length. Below a certain threshold the filament stret...
