Socially awkward people are adopting the "Solid Snake Method" of conversation to beat awkward silences in conversations, but what even is it? Here's what you need to know.

Compared to solid-to-solid inertial switches, the devices based on liquid-to-solid contact can avoid the signal bouncing and contact wear caused by the rigid contact between the proof mass and the ...

A surface forces apparatus and various optical visualization techniques were used to study the transition mechanisms between liquid-like snapping and solid-like failure at nano- and microscales.