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...
UK physics scoops extra money
The JIF scheme was set up in 1998 by the UK government and the Wellcome Trust – the world’s largest biomedical research charity – to provide much-needed funding for university labora...
Complex fluids go through a strange phase
Some liquids are very useful because their molecules act as tiny dipoles that can be aligned by electric or magnetic fields. Vehicle clutches, ink-jet printers and lubricants are among the application...
Read article: Vortices get in a spin
Vortices get in a spin
Ordinary experimental fluids are subject to effects like viscosity and can be difficult to manipulate. Durkin and Fajans therefore used a cylindrical column of magnetically confined electrons to simul...
Molecular fingerprints in sonoluminescence
Although researchers have proposed a wide variety of explanations for sonoluminescence, they are in broad agreement that the oscillating bubbles reach very high temperatures. Until now, however, singl...
