Read article: Quickening pulses probe plasma
Quickening pulses probe plasma
Lasers show that complex `many-body' effects in matter take just femtoseconds to emerge
Read article: Quickening pulses probe plasma
Heavy water tests body water
A drink of heavy water provides a quick and simple measurement of body water
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
