Watching droplets burst is often fascinating, but it’s rare that we get to watch droplets of molten metal. In this Slow Mo Guys video, though, they’re shattering globs of molten Keep reading
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Falling Pancake Drops
Despite their round appearance, the droplets you see here are actually shaped like little pancakes. They’re sandwiched inside a Hele-Shaw cell, essentially two plates with a viscous fluid between them. Keep reading
Paintball Collisions
In their latest video, the Slow Mo Guys collide paintballs in mid-air, creating some pretty great paint splashes. The high-speed video does a nice job of revealing some of the Keep reading
Liquid Fragmentation
From spilling coffee to driving through puddles, our daily lives are full of examples of liquids fragmenting into drops. A recently published study describes how this break-up occurs and predicts Keep reading
A Particle-Filled Splash
A drop of water that impacts a flat post will form a liquid sheet that eventually breaks apart into droplets when surface tension can no longer hold the water together Keep reading
Shooting Droplets with Lasers
Last week we saw what happens when a solid projectile hits a water droplet; today’s video shows the impact of a laser pulse on a droplet. Several things happen here, Keep reading
Shooting Droplets
This animation shows high-speed video of a polystyrene particle striking a falling water droplet. Under the right conditions, the particle rips through the droplet, stretching the water into a bell-shaped Keep reading
The Real Shape of Raindrops
We often think of raindrops as spherical or tear-shaped, but, in reality, a falling droplet’s shape can be much more complicated. Large drops are likely to break up into smaller Keep reading
The March of Drops
I love science with a sense of humor. This video features a series of clips showing the behavior of droplets on what appears to be a superhydrophobic surface. In particular, Keep reading
Liquids Pinching Off
There is a surprising variety of forms in the pinch-off of a liquid drop. This short video shows three examples, and you’ll probably find yourself replaying it a few times Keep reading