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23.01.2012 Bristol University team dissolve iron in liquid surfactant to create a soap that can be controlled by magnets. The discovery, published today in Angewandte Chemie, could be used to create c

November 2013 Fluctuating charge stripes are among the more popular candidates to explain high-temperature superconductivity. So far escaping direct observation the peculiar ‘hourglass’ magnetic excit

28.01.2016 Gels are materials that are present in many everyday products such as shampoos, sunscreens and food gelatin among many others. They are formed by mixtures in which large amounts of liquid,

Pictorial sketch of a biomimetic membrane interacting with Aβ peptides: (A) Aβ peptides in the membrane-active structured-oligomer state (Membrane filling); (B) Aβ peptides in the monomeric state: (B1

10.06.2016 On Earth, water is abundant substance, the cycle of evaporation - condensation - solidification (steam transitions - liquid - solid) falls within everyday experience. The physical propertie

Fig a: The corresponding OCu4 tetrahedral chains (orange) Fig b: Incommensurate magnetic structure of Cu2OCl2: the spin structure 27.05.2016 Novel devices capable of rapidly and reliably switching mag

Credit: MPI-ILL 5.09.2016 Understanding microbe adaptation to extreme environments remains a challenge of high biotechnological potential—in bioremediation and waste management, for example. Halomonas

Vew from "acoustic levitation: a movie by Alain Filhol. ©2012, Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France" The drying process is a critical final stage in various manufacturing processes – it influences

The wax surface on the leaves of plants, such as barley and wheat crops, acts as a protective barrier against environmental attacks including pests, and water and nutrient loss. The wax surface is als