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So... What is the point of physics? IOP is offering £1000 for the best answer!

Added: 7 Apr 2022

IoP launches a new challenge to get young people to see physics differently. With only one in ten p…

'Team ice' uncover crucial information to aid the development of new more active cryoprotectants

Added: 17 Mar 2021

Researchers uncover new understanding around the interactions between synthetic polymers and ice fo…

Droplet formation at the nanoscale

Added: 4 Feb 2021

It is surprising to find such everyday physics in the nanoscale world of molecular biology, but whe…

Not just a droplet: Explaining one dimensional quantum liquid formation

Added: 22 Jan 2021

A new type of quantum droplet - the most dilute liquids ever experimentally observed - helps unrave…

3D-printed collagen forms functioning heart parts

Added: 6 Aug 2019

A new bioprinting method allows anyone to 3D-print functioning components of the human heart.

Nanoscale forces solve puddle problem

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Scientists have discovered that the forces responsible for stopping a liquid from spreading on a so…

X-ray absorption reveals water structure mystery

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A new twist on x-ray absorption spectroscopy has allowed American scientists to reveal the molecula…

Why the kettle whistles

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 9 Dec 2013

For more than 100 years, scientists have been puzzled as to why a kettle on the stove whistles – wh…

Fluid frenzy at MIT

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 13 Nov 2013

In separate studies, two groups of researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been…

Microfluidics competition

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Could you design the next generation of microfluidics equipment – then Dolomite need you!!--more--

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