A newly designed optical centrifuge allows scientists to control molecular rotation inside superfluid helium nano-droplets.

(Nanowerk News) For 15 years, scientists have been baffled by the mysterious way water flows through the tiny passages of carbon nanotubes — pipes with walls that can be just one atom thick. The ...

For more than 200 years, scientists have argued about a deceptively simple question: why does a sheet of frozen water let us glide, skid and fall so easily. Now a new generation of simulations and ...

Chemists and physicists shed light on a crucial aspect of friction: how things begin to slide. Using fluorescence microscopy and dedicated fluorescent molecules, they are able to pinpoint how and when ...

But scientists have struggled for decades to accurately calculate the value of friction, which is part of the data used when running coarse-grained simulations, Guenza said. As molecules move through ...

Water rolls on h-BN but encounters friction on graphene. Atomic structure and substrate shape nanoscale movement, guiding advances in coatings and anti-icing surfaces. Researchers found that this ...

The best part about living in Vermont is that we get to experience all of the seasons. Sometimes cool weather appears out of nowhere and we don’t have the proper attire so we rub our hands together to ...

For 15 years, scientists have been baffled by the mysterious way water flows through the tiny passages of carbon nanotubes — pipes with walls that can be just one atom thick. The streams have ...