Condensed concepts

The power of toy models and effective theories in describing and understanding emergent phenomena is illustrated by a 2012 study of the tur...

From Steve Spangler  I learnt this "party trick"  demonstration of how the polymer molecules (p olyethylene ) in a plastic bag are...

Condensed matter physics is about the properties of real materials. Real stuff that you can see and touch and that you can use to make very ...

I recently learned a little about the history of the discovery of liquid crystals, stimulated by  Soft Matter: A Very Short Introduction  by...

What is soft matter?  Soft Matter: A Very Short Introduction by Tom McLeish has just been published. McLeish identifies  six characteristi...

 Some progress is being made in understanding the structure and dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 virions (virus particles) that are responsible fo...