Drop a ball that’s partially filled with water and it may or may not bounce. Why the difference? It all comes down to where the water is before impact. The Keep reading
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Stopping a Bottle’s Bounce
A few years ago, the Internet was abuzz with water bottle flips. Experimentalists are still looking at how they can arrest a partially fluid-filled container’s bounce, but now they’re rotating Keep reading
Superwalkers
Walking droplets – drops that bounce their way across a pool of the same liquid without coalescing – have fascinated researchers in recent years with their unusual behaviors, some of Keep reading
Bouncing, Floating, and Jetting
Get inside some of the latest fluid dynamics research with the newest FYFD/JFM video. Here researchers discuss oil jets from citrus fruits, balls that can bounce off water, and self-propelled Keep reading
The Kamifusen
The kamifusen is a traditional Japanese toy made of colorful paper. It resembles a beach ball, but unlike that toy, the kamifusen has an open hole at one end. Given Keep reading