Scientists have been trying to build snakelike, limbless robots for decades. These robots could come in handy in search-and-rescue situations, where they could navigate collapsed buildings to find ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Tianyu Wang, Georgia Institute of Technologyand Christopher Pierce, Georgia ...

Wormlike micellar solutions are complex fluids formed by the self-assembly of surfactant molecules into elongated, flexible structures known as micelles. These solutions exhibit unique rheological ...

Wormlike micelles (WLMs) are elongated structures formed by surfactants in solution, which play a crucial role in various industrial and consumer applications. These micelles are characterized by ...

A fossil analysis suggests that the yunnanozoan, a wormlike fish that flourished around 520 million years ago, sported structures that were the precursors of the head and jaws of modern vertebrates.