Liquid crystal is a state of matter that exhibits properties of both liquid and solid. It can flow like a liquid, while its constituent molecules are aligned as in a solid. Liquid crystal is widely ...

When it comes to telescope mirrors, larger is generally better. The larger your main mirror, the more light you can capture and the more faint and distant objects you can see. The problem is that ...

A team of researchers succeeded at directly observing spin quadrupoles. This work was made possible through remarkable achievements over the last decades in synchrotron facility development. Liquid ...

Ferrofluid is one of the strangest substances ever created – a liquid controlled by magnets. In this experiment, I try making my own. FBI intercepted communications of Newsom administration officials, ...

Research inspired by Terminator 2's shape-shifting, liquid metal robot sees liquid-metal electrical conductors manipulated in mid-air without contact. The liquid wires can be controlled to move in any ...

Ferromagnetic particles are typically composed of ferromagnetic materials, characterized by a high magnetic susceptibility and the ability to retain a strong magnetic moment even after the elimination ...

A robot boat with a propeller made from liquid magnets could be a safer alternative than solid metal blades, which can damage wildlife. Jun Shintake at the University of Electro-Communications in ...

Human space exploration is presented with multiple challenges, to the fore, the absence of buoyancy forces in orbit. This has severe complications for phase separation in microgravity environments, ...

Small in-plane magnetic fields switch skyrmion chirality and improve lattice order in a two-dimensional magnet, pointing to low-energy control of spin textures for future computing devices. (Nanowerk ...

Geophysicists from ETH Zurich and SUSTech, China, have demonstrated the dynamo effect of the Earth’s core in a model in which viscosity has no influence, as is the correct physical regime for the ...