Measuring the 'wettability' of graphene and other 2D materials. Microscopic understanding of wettability can be achieved at the molecular level using 'vibrational sum-frequency generation spectroscopy ...

Simply sign up to the Science myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Caesium is a soft, silvery-gold metal that becomes liquid when stored in a warm room. It is mostly found in mineral ...

NASA’s Earth Observing System provides nearly 30 years of continuous, high-quality measurements of Earth’s land, oceans, atmosphere, and ice, supporting climate research and long-term environmental ...

Under stress Up to 70,000 Australians may have undetected high blood pressure because of errors in the devices that measure blood pressure, according to an Australian expert. Dr Martin Turner, a ...

The Blue Hill Observatory, a few miles south of Boston, recorded the deepest snow cover in their 130-year history a couple of years ago, an incredible 46 inches. In February 2015, Bangor, Maine tied ...

Where lies the land to which the ship would go? Far, far, ahead is all her seamen know. —Arthur Hugh Clough Astronauts heading for some distant planet may not be quite as ignorant as Clough’s seamen.

Current is a measure of how much electric charge flows through a circuit. The more charge that flows, the bigger the current. Current is measured in amperes. The symbol for ampere is A. For example, ...