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Glass spheres suspended in glycerol form granules depending on the amount of spheres and the mixing stress. With fewer particles (orange), the mixture remains fluid. With many particles (blue), the suspension is granulated. And in-between (green), whether clumps of grains form depends on the mixing stress. With low stress (bottom row), no clumps form, in contrast to high-stress mixing (top row).

Mixing the Perfect Batter

Nicole Sharp - October 13, 2022September 22, 2022

In baking, there’s a point when wet and dry ingredients get combined to form the batter (or dough) that eventually becomes a tasty treat. Experienced bakers know that the ratio Keep reading

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Benard Cells

Nicole Sharp - September 27, 2010June 24, 2019

When a fluid in a gravitational field is heated from below, it can develop a Rayleigh-Benard instability which causes the formation of convection cells as in the video above. The Keep reading