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Soft matter and liquids

Soft matter and liquids

Flash Physics: Shrinking gels, masculine culture discourages female physicists, Carlos Frenk bags Born medal

21 Nov 2016 Hamish Johnston

Flash Physics is our daily pick of the latest need-to-know developments from the global physics community selected by Physics World‘s team of editors and reporters

Confocal fluorescent microscope image of a network of filaments
Stressful shrinking: network of filaments in a gel. (Courtesy: B Vos/AMOLF)
Study explains why some materials shrink under stress When a conventional soft material is placed be

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