IBM has come up with a new technique for making the tiny switches and memory cells at the heart of computer chips: a drop of ionic liquid. The technique converts a metal oxide on a computer chip ...

Physicists are building a levitation chamber to suspend a drop of liquid in mid-air and watch its atoms as it cools into glass. The machine should help clarify the mystery of glass, which is a ...

Drops of liquid crystal molecules branch out into strange structures Date: December 18, 2019 Source: University of Pennsylvania Summary: New research published in Nature reveals that, when cooled ...

New research published in Nature reveals that, when cooled, droplets containing chain-like liquid crystal molecules transform from spheres into complex shapes such as flowers, corals, and fibrous ...

Liquid drops defying gravity Researchers at the University of Bristol, UK, have shown that droplets of liquid can travel uphill when placed on a vertically vibrating inclined plate.