We already know that the world George Lucas and company invented for the Star Wars movies isn’t meant to strictly adhere to science. Take for instance how much power is required for the Death Star to ...

The complex interactions of fluid and soft matter physics prove challenging to simplify into cut-and-dried formulae. But Backholm has managed to develop a technology to measure these tiny forces, ...

Two U.S. Air Force F-16 jets deploy countermeasures as part of exercise Cobra Gold in Rayong Province, Thailand, on March 1, 2024. (Spc. Elaina Nieves/U.S. Army National Guard) Lawmakers want to hear ...

Researchers adapt a novel force measurement technique to uncover the previously unidentified physics at play at the thin air-film gap between water droplets and superhydrophobic surfaces. Microscopic ...