Read article: Akiko Nakayama: the Japanese artist skilled in fluid mechanics
Sidney Perkowitz explores the science behind the work of Japanese painter Akiko Nakayama
Read article: Could athletes mimic basilisk lizards and turn water-running into an Olympic sport?
Ahead of the 2024 Olympics, Nicole Sharp investigates nature’s most extraordinary sprinters
Read article: Protecting phone screens with non-Newtonian fluids
Fluids that get runnier during impact are optimized for preventing damage to phone screens
Read article: Mixing water and oil: no surfactants needed
New finding could have implications for industries that use emulsions
Read article: Sliding water droplets surprise scientists
New observations challenge established thinking on how droplets move down a fibre
Read article: Did natural erosion help carve Egypt’s Great Sphinx?
New study suggests desert winds can create animal-like shapes
Read article: Einstein’s tea leaf paradox could help make aerogels
Accidental discovery could also be used to detect trace amounts of substances
Read article: Microplastics with elongated shapes travel further in the environment
Atmospheric transport of microplastics is highly sensitive to particle shape and size
Read article: Bursting bubbles accelerate melting of tidewater glaciers
High-pressure air delivers kinetic energy to mixing fluids
Read article: Ion-exchange bead writes under water
New generic technique requires no substrate to fix ink and works thanks to a phenomenon known as diffusion-osmotic flow
