Surprising oil drop experiments suggest that the quantum world may not be as strange as advertised. For nearly a century, “reality” has been a murky concept. The laws of quantum physics seem to ...

A figure from Osborne Reynolds's 1883 paper, showing Reynolds's assistant standing next to apparatus used to measure friction in different types of flow. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

The flow of fluids is important in many biomedical applications ranging from blood flow in the human body to drug delivery. BME 270 provides a general introduction to fluid mechanics, both statics and ...

We take for granted that we know what happens when a raindrop hits a puddle or cream gets poured into a cup of coffee. But while we imagine that liquids merge with other liquids seamlessly, like a ...