AMES, Iowa – Martin Thuo likes to look for new, affordable and clean ways to put science and technology to work in the world. His lab is dedicated to an idea called frugal innovation: “How do you do ...

・Hundreds of microscopic particles suspended in liquid can work together as a computer, using their collective motion to process information. ・Fluid currents connect the particles, allowing their ...

Researchers have discovered that not all atoms in a liquid are in motion and that some remain stationary regardless of the temperature, significantly impacting the solidification process, including ...

Some atoms in a liquid stay fixed even at high temperatures, reshaping how solidification starts and enabling an unusual corralled supercooled liquid state. (Nanowerk News) Researchers have discovered ...

Liquid-coupled microscopic particles can perform reservoir computing, predict chaotic signals and detect subtle anomalies with low hardware demands. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the Universities of ...

Using fluorescent tracers, researchers visualize the forces that move micrometer-diameter particles through a liquid subjected to a temperature gradient. Particles dispersed in a liquid typically ...