Discover how liquid in a tumbler forms a vortex, balancing rotation, pressure, and gravity in a funnel-shaped spiral.

Scientists have found the proof for a liquid-to-liquid transition in sulfur and of a new kind of critical point ending this transition. Scientists from the ESRF, together with teams from CEA and ...

Ask people what comes to mind when they hear the term “liquid metal,” and many of them say mercury—or they recall a particular shape-shifting villain from the “Terminator” movies. Not so for Michael D ...

A student playing around with fluids and magnetic materials in the lab may have accidentally found an "exception" to the laws of thermodynamics, according to the authors of a new paper based on his ...

For decades, scientists have developed several theories that dictate the human world. One of these theories is the laws of thermodynamics, and these laws showcase how systems in the world function.