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| PHYSICISTS SAVED FROM DROWNING IN COMPLEXITIES OF WETTING THEORY |
| The relationship between a thin liquid film or drop of liquid and the shape of the surface that it wets is explained with a new simplified mathematical formula published this week in Physical Review Letters.
Understanding the precise interaction between liquids and surfaces is important for a number of areas, including the chemical industry and new nanotechnologies. |
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| INDEX THEORY WINS TOP MATHS PRIZE |
| A mathematical theory that reveals if equations have solutions has been recognised in the mathematical version of the Nobel Prize. |
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| WHY HONEY DRIBBLES NOT DROPS |
| An infinitely long dribble has helped mathematicians understand why honey forms long threads that don't break up into drops. |
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| MATHEMATICIANS SOLVE 40-YEAR-OLD KATO PROBLEM |
| A problem that has baffled mathematicians for 40 years has finally been solved – and it has earned the Australian who led the effort an award. |
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| SOLUTION TO A 20TH CENTURY MYSTERY |
| A general connection of the quantum coupling constants with ? was anticipated by R. P. Feynman in a remarkable intuitional leap some 40 years ago as can be seen from the following much quoted extract from one of Feynman's books. |
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| THE UNIVERSE, NEWTON: IT'S NOT AS WE KNOW IT |
| An international collaboration of physicists, led by an Australian team, has discovered that one of the fundamental physical constants isn't so constant after all. |
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