Moreover, the flow of the liquid can be tightly controlled. Taken together, these features make microfluidics devices a useful platform for studying chemical reactions and biological processes.

Technical Terms Solid-liquid two-phase flow: A mixture where discrete solid particles are suspended in a liquid carrier, with complex interactions that affect flow dynamics and pump performance.

An amorphous solid is a liquid that does not flow: its atomic structure is disordered like that of a liquid but it is rigid and holds its shape like a solid. Amorphous materials include silica glass ...

The new semi-solid flow batteries pioneered by Chiang and colleagues overcome this limitation, providing a 10-fold improvement in energy density over present liquid flow-batteries, and lower-cost ...

In layman's terms, Newtonian fluids like water will flow faster or slower depending on temperature, while non-Newtonian fluids will act like a solid if you slap or punch them, and start becoming a ...

This gives solids a fixed shape and means that they cannot flow like liquids. The hotter a solid gets, the faster its particles vibrate. This means that solids expand when they are heated.

This gives solids a fixed shape and means that they cannot flow like liquids. The hotter a solid gets, the faster its particles vibrate. This means that solids expand when they are heated.

Earth’s core consists of a liquid outer core (yellow) surrounding an inner core (brighter yellow sphere). New computer simulations suggest that, instead of being a normal solid, the inner core ...

When liquids flow over solid surfaces, their flow velocity in the immediate vicinity of the surface is zero. 'By specially coating the surface, the boundary layer velocity can be increased.

In that extraordinary state, known as a superfluid solid or supersolid, the material is expected to flow like a liquid yet maintain its solid crystal structure, says team leader Moses H.W. Chan of ...

In liquids, the molecules are very disordered; they move around each other and flow. “If you could zoom in and see individual molecules, they would be packed randomly and they would be moving ...