Polymers with flawed fillers boost heat transfer in plastics, study reveals
In the quest to design the next generation of materials for modern devices—ones that are lightweight, flexible and excellent ...
An exception to the laws of thermodynamics: Shape-recovering liquid defies textbooks
A team of researchers led by a physics graduate student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst made the surprising ...
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Shape-recovering liquid defies thermodynamics laws, can transform soft-matter physics
During a routine set of experiments being conducted in the lab, Anthony Raykh, a graduate student at the University of ...
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UMass Amherst team finds exception to laws of thermodynamics
A team of researchers led by a physics graduate student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently made the surprising discovery of what they call a “shape-recovering liquid,” which defies ...
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This DIY Sidewalk Chalk Recipe Is My Favorite Way to Keep Kids Busy Outside
When the weather warms up and school’s out, I’m always looking for screen-free ways to keep the kids entertained. That’s when ...