Liquids Crack With an Audible Snap, Study Finds

Liquids Crack With an Audible Snap, Study Finds

At its most important, science often challenges logic. And the new discovery may be the most absurd of all: water breaks. A recent paper in Physical Review Letters, “Unexpected Fracture of Solids in Soft Liquids,” reports exactly that—when liquids are stretched with enough force, a supposedly liquid material breaks like a solid. Research suggests that … Read more