Illustration of the mechanisms at play during membrane curvature sensing of disordered proteins. Credit: Zeno et al, JACS 2019 doi:10.1021/jacs.9b03927 Curved lipid ...

Something as simple as the motion of water drops on surfaces should actually be understood—one would think. In fact there are still numerous unanswered questions about the forces acting on a sliding ...

Electrostatics and electrodynamics together describe the behaviour of electric charges, fields and their interaction with matter over both static and time‐varying regimes. In electrostatics, ...

A new electrostatic de-icing technique that exploits the natural charge separations in growing frost crystals has been developed by Jonathan Boreyko and colleagues at Virginia Tech in the US. The team ...

Door handles, taps, playground slides, furry pets… Getting zapped by static electricity is a common experience. But the physics that causes the spark is surprisingly intricate. If you’re getting ...