Boing Boing on MSN

Physicists calculate exactly how long it takes to completely drain a bottle of olive oil

You're tilting a bottle of olive oil over a pan, waiting for the last bit to slide out. Physicists at Brown University now ...

Fluid simulation at unprecedented scale provides toolkit for fundamental physics and applied fluid engineering

What governs the speed at which raindrops fall, sediment settles in river estuaries, and matter is ejected during a supernova? These questions circle around one, deceitfully simple factor: the rate at ...
Phys.org

At home, do-it-yourself fluid mechanics

Although the COVID-19 pandemic caused many disruptions in the educational system, it also led to some surprising benefits. In Physics of Fluids, scientists from the University of Illinois at ...
Cyprus Mail

Study by UNIC, US Air Force research lab picked as ‘Physics of Fluids’ featured article

The editors of Physics of Fluids (American Institute of Physics) have formally recognised the scientific excellence of a ...
Adventure Motorcycle on MSN

Unveiling the mysteries of computational fluid dynamics

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a branch of physics that utilizes numerical methods and algorithms to analyze and predict the behavior of fluids and gases under various conditions. This field ...
Scientific American

Here’s the Weird Physics That Makes Peanut Butter a Liquid

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Those Transportation Security Administration requirements are drilled into ...