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Physicists upend conventional wisdom of how paint dries

28 Mar 2016 Hamish Johnston
Photograph of Ignacio Martin-Fabiani preparing a paint sample for analysis with an atomic force microscope
Magnolia microscopy: Ignacio Martín-Fabiani watches paint dry. (Courtesy: University of Surrey)
A new physical mechanism that causes particles of different sizes to separate as paint dries has bee

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