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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst has identified an unusual physical phenomenon that ...

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 ...

Emulsification underlies a vast range of technologies and applications far beyond condiments, and one day, UMass Amherst graduate student Anthony Raykh was in the lab mixing up a batch of this ...