Imagine a "smart fluid" whose internal structure can be rearranged just by changing temperature. In a new study published in Matter, researchers report a way to overcome a long-standing limitation in ...

Most bearings operate with a fluid film -- oil, another liquid, or a gas. By far the largest number of bearings are oil lubricated. The oil film can be maintained through pumping by a pressurization ...

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Scratching an oil film with a hard object exposes the underlying surface, but only briefly. The oil flows quickly and reestablishes a continuous film. The flow properties make oil films self-healing, ...

Shimon Rubin and Yeshaiahu Fainman from the Ultrafast and Nanoscale Optics Group at the University of California San Diego have shown how it might be possible to create a flexible yet durable photonic ...