Scientists studying molten metals have uncovered a surprising truth: even in a liquid state, some atoms do not move at all. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Motionless atoms can trap liquid metal in a strange ...

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Researchers unveil an optofluidic laser method that assembles micro- and nanoparticles in liquid, enabling multi material 3D ...

Several years ago, scientists discovered that a single microscopic particle could rock back and forth on its own under a ...

Engineers at Northwestern University have unveiled the behavior of single microscopic particles when they unite.

Most magnets are predictable. Cool them down, and their tiny magnetic moments snap into ...

Self-assembling electronics made from liquid metal particles could provide a cheaper way of manufacturing computer chips, simply by harnessing the basic physics of how fluids flow through tiny ...

Using advanced electron microscopy, researchers have watched individual atoms transition from chaotic liquid motion to ordered solid structure, revealing that the boundary between liquid and solid ...

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