Nanowerk

Driven electrolytes are agile and active at the nanoscale

Neutral particles can outpace diffusion in electric fields, shifting motion regimes over time; the model predicts behavior in ...
Nature

Electrophoretic Motion and Manipulation of Charged Water Droplets

Electrophoretic motion, the directed movement of charged water droplets under the influence of an applied electric field, has garnered significant attention for its potential to revolutionise ...
mccormick.northwestern.edu

A Hidden Rhythm Brings Microscopic Particles Into Unison

Scientists didn’t understand why independently oscillating microscopic particles suddenly begin moving in perfect sync when grouped together. Researchers showed that fluid-driven hydrodynamic ...
The Conversation

What are solar storms and the solar wind? 3 astrophysicists explain how particles coming from the Sun interact with Earth

Yeimy J. Rivera receives funding from NASA's Parker Solar Probe project through the SAO/SWEAP subcontract 975569. Tatiana Niembro receives funding from NASA's Parker Solar Probe project through the ...
The Conversation

Virtual particles: How physicists’ clever bookkeeping trick could underlie reality

Dipangkar Dutta receives funding from US Dept. of Energy and NSF. A clever mathematical tool known as virtual particles unlocks the strange and mysterious inner workings of subatomic particles. What ...