A graduate student accidentally created a blend of oil, water and nickel particles that formed an unexpected shape.

In a surprising twist, a graduate student at UMass Amherst discovered a strange new fluid behavior that seems to defy ...

Physics graduate uncovers a strange mixture whose constituents, particularly nickel, do not behave as per the laws of ...

This unexpected twist in the lab not only challenges what we know about how substances behave, but also opens up exciting ...

As Homer Simpson once famously phrased, “ in this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics ,” but a new and completely ...

A curious liquid refused to remain chaotic after being shaken and settled into a smooth, outlined shape like a piece of ...

A student playing around with fluids and magnetic materials in the lab may have accidentally found an "exception" to the laws ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Researchers have discovered a "shape-recovering liquid" that appears to defy the laws of ...

This discovery began when Anthony Raykh, a polymer science and engineering graduate student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, was studying a mixture of oil, water and nickel particles in ...

A UMass Amherst student accidentally discovered a liquid that defied laws and repeatedly formed the shape of ancient Greek ...

A container of oil and water separated by a thin skin of magnetized particles has intrigued a team of chemical engineers by ...

Oil and water contained in a cylinder with magnetic nickel particles form the shape of a Grecian urn. A combination of oil, ...