Today many a glass of champagne will be raised in honor of the end of one year and the beginning of a new. This French wine, known for its bubbly Keep reading
Month: February 2025
Bouncing in a Corral
About a year ago, we featured a video in which a fluid droplet bouncing on a vibrating pool demonstrated some aspects of the wave-particle duality fundamental to quantum mechanics. Work Keep reading
INK World v01
In this video, mixtures of inks (likely printer toners) and fluids move and swirl. Magnetic fields contort the ferrofluidic ink and make it dance, while less viscous fluids spread into Keep reading
Perpetual Motion?
In the 17th century, scientist Robert Boyle proposed a perpetual motion machine consisting of a self-filling flask. The concept was that capillary action, which creates the meniscus of liquid seen Keep reading
Merry Christmas
[original media no longer available] Sit back, relax, and enjoy some science-y goodness with Bill Nye as he explains fluids. Happy holidays, everyone!
Santa and the Egg
[original media no longer available] If I were Santa–or the egg in this video–I don’t think I’d particularly like getting sucked through a chimney in this fashion. I wonder if Keep reading
Reader Question: Snow from Boiling Water?
[original media no longer available] Reader kylewpppd asks: Have you seen the post of a man in Siberia throwing boiling water off of his balcony? Can you provide a better Keep reading
Laminar Fountain
In the midst of holiday travels, take a moment (particularly if you’re flying through Detroit) to enjoy the simple beauty of WET Design’s fountain in the McNamara Terminal. Laminar jets Keep reading
Airborne Aerosols
This numerical simulation from NASA Goddard shows the motion of particulates in Earth’s atmosphere between August 2006 and April 2007. These aerosols come from various sources including smoke, soot, dust, and Keep reading
Ferrofluid Sculptures
Artist Sachiko Kodama is known for her mesmerizing ferrofluid sculptures. Ferrofluids are a colloidal liquid consisting of nanoscale ferromagnetic particles and a carrier fluid such as water or oil. They Keep reading