Why does an hourglass use sand instead of water? The Granular Flow Laboratory Project explores this concept by designing a transportable display demonstrating granular vs. fluid flow. Three ...
Knots are not just for shoelaces and sailing lines. In the last decade, physicists have shown that swirling liquids can ...
If you’ve ever whacked the bottom of a ketchup bottle to get that tasty tomato goop flowing, you’ve put some serious physics to work. Ketchup is a non-Newtonian fluid. So are toothpaste, yogurt, ...