http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have uncovered the physical mechanism by which arrays of nanoscale pillars can be grown on polymer films with very high precision, in potentially limitless patterns. http://www.physorg.com/news175451434.html Nanotechnology Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:31:34 EST news175451434 (PhysOrg.com) -- Water is familiar to everyone - it shapes our bodies and our planet. But despite this abundance, the molecular structure of water has remained a mystery, with the substance exhibiting many strange properties that are still poorly understood. Recent work at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and several universities in Sweden and Japan, however, is shedding new light on water's molecular idiosyncrasies and offering insight into its strange bulk properties. http://www.physorg.com/news169314724.html Physics Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:53:35 EST news169314724 University of Chicago researchers recently showed that dry granular materials such as sands, seeds and grains have properties similar to liquid, forming water-like droplets when poured from a given source. The finding could be important to a wide range of industries that use "fluidized" dry particles for oil refining, plastics manufacturing and pharmaceutical production. http://www.physorg.com/news165068691.html Physics Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:50:01 EST news165068691 Inspired by the aquatic wriggling of beetle larvae, a University of Pittsburgh research team has designed a propulsion system that strips away paddles, sails, and motors and harnesses the energy within the water's surface. The technique destabilizes the surface tension surrounding the object with an electric pulse and causes the craft to move via the surface's natural pull. http://www.physorg.com/news151770818.html Technology Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:34:09 EST news151770818 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT recently found an elegant solution to a sticky scientific problem in basic fluid mechanics: why water doesn't soak into soil at an even rate, but instead forms what look like fingers of fluid flowing downward. http://www.physorg.com/news148225444.html Physics Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:44:04 EST news148225444 What does a mixture of two different kinds of cells have in common with a mixture of oil and water? The same basic force causes both mixtures to separate into two distinct regions. http://www.physorg.com/news142517341.html Physics Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:09:01 EST news142517341