Does the ‘softening’ of ice explain its slipperiness?
New study suggests that a layer of disordered ice forms underneath a sliding object
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Six secrets of champagne
Gérard Liger-Belair reveals the hidden science of the world’s top sparkling wine
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Physicists send X-rays around the bend
Curved waveguides might improve imaging and data processing
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Fifty shades of black
Jon Cartwright reports on the rival groups creating the darkest substances yet
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Bouncing droplets powered by evaporation
Trampoline effect could lead to self-cleaning surfaces
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Physicists crack mystery of the spectacular stones of the Giant’s Causeway
Basalt columns are formed when cracking becomes a collective process
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An insidious and ubiquitous menace
A book about corrosion and the herculean efforts to combat it is "absorbing and interesting" but short on satisfying science, say reviewers
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Solar wind casts a reddish hue over rocky objects
Ion-accelerator experiment could explain why many asteroids are dark red
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Kirigami solar cells follow the Sun
Simple new design cheaply increases solar-cell efficiency
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Imaging the polarity of individual chemical bonds
New variation of atomic force microscopy can observe subtle charge imbalances
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