A drop of coffee on a tabletop often leaves a dark ring behind. This everyday mark is a reminder that a drying droplet is not ...

"The long divided, must unite; long united, must divide. Thus it has ever been." The opening lines of the great Chinese historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms condense its complex and ...

To understand the history of surface pattern in textile design is to understand that each pattern will have a cultural and regional dimension as well as that of a general historical perspective. This ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Advanced electronics manufacturing demands precise control over multiple layers of functional materials. Each layer - whether conducting electricity, emitting light, or processing ...

The opening lines of the great Chinese historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms condense its complex and spectacular stories into a coherent pattern, that is, power blocs divide and unite ...

Diverging and converging patterns forming on the surface of solidifying liquid metals resemble plotlines in a complex historical novel, in a new international study. The cyclic patterns observed are ...