Quanta Magazine July 10, 2026 • 14:54

We Know Simple Fluids Can Flow. Turns Out, Some Can Fracture. - Quanta Magazine

We Know Simple Fluids Can Flow. Turns Out, Some Can Fracture. - Quanta Magazine

Researchers thought that what enabled complex fluids to break apart was their elasticity. But a crack in a nonelastic simple fluid has them questioning that idea.

Thamires Lima, a research professor in chemical engineering at Drexel University, studies the properties of thick, viscous liquids think honey or molasses, though in a lab youre more likely to find p… [+8423 chars]

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