The complex fluid–structure interaction underlying blood flow through vessels has proved challenging to analyze both ...

Researchers using a high-speed camera have captured the moments a fluid reacts like a solid, through a new method of fluid observation under pressurized conditions. They examined fluids that have a ...

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, ...

Oobleck has long been my favorite example of a non-Newtonian fluid, and I’m not alone. It’s a hugely popular “kitchen science” experiment because it’s simple and easy to make. Mix one part water to ...

When drops of some unusual fluids hit the ground fast enough, the bottoms solidify and bounce while the tops stay liquid and spill over. Researchers have now taken the first high-speed images of this ...

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