Scientists have described a rare 'liquid-to-liquid' phase transition in pure triphenyl phosphite. This may improve our control of transport properties of a liquid. A team at The University of Tokyo ...

New phase: a new form of supercooled water has been characterized More evidence that supercooled water exists in two distinct liquid phases has surfaced in experiments done by Austen Angell and ...

Liquid crystals form a unique state of matter that blends the molecular mobility of liquids with the organised structure of crystalline solids. Their phase transitions, ranging from nematic to smectic ...

We've spent the last several days on a family vacation in Mexico, at a resort south of Playa del Carmen, where I have taken a number of really crappy pictures of sunrises. Not because I'm bad at ...

The National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) has succeeded in direct observation of reversible transition in a trehalose aqueous solution between two liquid states by measuring the volume ...

For better or worse, liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) happens. It’s beneficial when RNA and RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) form dynamic liquid assemblies required for many cell functions. It’s ...

The reversible condensation of RNA-binding proteins into liquid protein drops creates RNA-splicing complexes, stress granules, and more. The process of liquid-liquid phase transition (LLPS) is tightly ...

Materials science and engineering experts have made significant experimental strides in understanding how, when and where the constantly moving atoms in molten metal 'lock' into place as the material ...

The class of liquid-crystalline phases known as cholesteric phases can form in amyloid fibrils in the same way as other filamentous biological colloidal systems, such as viruses, cellulose and ...