Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Scientists have discovered what drives the delicate and complex microcosm of tiny terraces, pyramids and craters found on the surface of ice. These miniature structures, hidden beneath a thin premelting layer of water, develop and evolve because of a dynamic interplay between the gas, liquid and solid phases—which exist simultaneously....
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Hexbyte Glen Cove A theory as clear as glass
Scientists at The University of Tokyo use computer simulations to model the effects of elemental composition on the glass-forming ability of metallic mixtures, which may lead to tough, electroconductive glasses Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo used molecular dynamics...