"Keep cool to reduce friction" might be the advice given designers of nanoscale machinery by researchers who have just completed a study of factors influencing the formation of "water bridges" -- ...

Within the Nature Portfolio, seminal contributions have established the foundational role of capillary suspensions in the formulation of conductive pastes and the modulation of flow behaviour in ...

We investigate two-dimensional liquid bridges trapped between pairs of identical horizontal cylinders. The cylinders support forces owing to surface tension and hydrostatic pressure that balance the ...

Capillary bridges make wet sand stick together. Upper row: Theoretical predictions of how capillary bridges (blue) bind glass beads together. Bottom row: Microtomography images of the bridges seen in ...