Liquid

Scientists Discover Hidden Behavior in Water That Helps Explain Why Ice Floats

Water exists in two different liquid forms, which might be why it behaves differently than other substances.

Physics & Chemistry Passant Rabie Mar 30

Rapid Test Could Tell You If There’s Salmonella in Your Chicken

The low-tech test returns results in less than a hour and might be able to replace current methods that can take up to a day or longer.

Health Ed Cara Apr 17

Bitcoin’s Price Plummets as China Cracks Down on Trades

More savage news for bitcoin as China's central bank tells financial institutions to stop trading, and there's nothing Elon can do.

Tech News Whitney Kimball Jun 22

You Can Build a Siphon Way Taller Than We Thought

If you’ve ever siphoned gas from a tank, you’ll know that the height between the source and the destination of the liquid is important. But scientists have shown that the height limit of a siphon is much bigger than we thought. The maximum height of a siphon is usually thought to be defined by the…

Physics & Chemistry Jamie Condliffe Jan 27

Pouring Molten Copper on Antifreeze Engine Coolant Is Pretty Spectacular

It’s basically the war of the worlds. Heaven and hell smashing themselves together. A song of ice and fire. It’s molten copper vs antifreeze engine coolant. That hot golden orange glow being poured onto the radioactive slimy green antifreeze. What happens? A lot! The antifreeze starts shooting out bolts as the burn from the molten…

Sploid Casey Chan Dec 29

Watch this sorcerous liquid substance start swirling in crazy patterns

I don’t know what’s happening here but it’s a visual trip show and we can thank science for it. It’s the recrystallization of impure 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde being dunked into ice water. You can see the compound inside the flask transform from a liquid at room temperature to a flurry, swirly, milky substance as it cools in…

Sploid Casey Chan Apr 10

Awesome liquid 3D printer oozes out things from goo

This new Carbon3D printer totally looks like the science fiction future but it’s real. The liquid 3D printing method uses liquid resin, laser light and oxygen to print out things up to 25-100 times faster than traditional 3D printers. It’s fascinating technology and it looks like things are just magically rising from the gooey liquid,…

Sploid Casey Chan Mar 17

I never imagined liquids could move in this way

I’m not exactly sure what I just watched but I saw liquid dance in ways I didn’t know liquid could even move. At least, not on Earth. The water ballet was filmed by Kamiel Rongen. He insists that everything in this video is real and hints that it was filmed in a fish bowl. There’s…

Sploid Casey Chan Feb 27

This cute stop motion animation was made entirely with drops of water

Who knew a sad story told through water drops can be so fun to watch? This stop motion animation called Cachoeira (which means waterfall in Portuguese) by Rodrigo EBA! is illustrated with a little droplet man in a little droplet car trying to take a dip in a little droplet waterfall. I find it adorable.…

Sploid Casey Chan Feb 25

Witness the magic of non-Newtonian fluids in slow motion

It’s not supposed to be that hard to figure out if something is liquid or if something is solid. If it flows like water, it’s liquid. If it stays relatively still, it’s solid. But what if it’s a substance that breaks the laws of normal behavior and is both liquid and solid? Like non-Newtonian fluids?…

Sploid Casey Chan Dec 30

I wish all my clothes magically repelled liquid stains like this

Here’s something you will want in your closet: clothes that never stain. Hell, they never even get wet. This Silic T-shirt basically cleans itself with hydrophobic nanotechnology. That means no matter what you spill on it, it’ll never damage the shirt. It’s not exactly new technology but hydrophobic nanotechnology is something that always feels magical.…

Sploid Casey Chan Dec 19

This Crazy Machine Let Astronauts Experiment With Fluids 30 Years Ago

It might look more like an engine from an aging car than a piece of engineering fit for space, but this machine was a pioneering piece of apparatus that allowed astronauts to experiment with fluids in space. The Fluid Physics Module was hand-built in Italy, and it flew on the first-ever mission of the European…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe Nov 28

Can Humans Breathe Liquid?

Deep water and the unprotected human body don’t play well together—like, at all. But what if there were a way to get around the body’s chemical limitations, a means of deep diving without the bends or lengthy decompression? Actually, there is. And we’ve almost figured out how to do it without killing ourselves in the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Aug 27

The Weird New Solid That’s Actually a Liquid

Usually, if you cool any substance down enough it will turn into a solid—the most stable state of matter that exists, according to traditional physics. But that could all be about to change, because researchers have discovered a weird new liquid state that’s more stable than a solid crystal. A team of scientists from La…

Physics & Chemistry Jamie Condliffe Aug 6

Al-Qaeda Can Turn Clothes into Explosives By Dipping Them in Liquid

ABC News is reporting that al Qaeda has come up with a “new generation of liquid explosives” for a potential attack. The scary thing is that the bomb “would not be detected by current security measures”. Even scarier is that a US official called the new method “ingenious”. Well, then. The new bomb method sounds…

Tech News Casey Chan Aug 5

Magically Turn Liquid Soda into a Delicious Slushie with This Trick

Soda is teeth sweeteningly delicious. That is undeniable. Slushies capture all that is good with soda but adds tongue tingling snowflakes into the mix. It’s absolutely perfect for the summer. But how can we soda sipping peasants experience the rare beauty of slushies at home? With a little bit of magic and a bit more…

Tech News Casey Chan Jun 20

Watch Liquid Water Instantly Turn into Ice

Turning water into ice usually takes a lot of time. Not for this guy though, he magically turns liquid water into frozen ice. It’s instantaneous! Seriously, just watch water get poured from the bottle and then freeze immediately. What kind of sorcery is this? The trick is getting the water to just about freezing in…

Tech News Casey Chan May 15

This Isn’t a Christmas Decoration

This isn’t a trippy Christmas decoration. Nor is it some form of modern art take on a flower. In fact, it’s the result of something much more technical—and it’s even won an award for its beauty. You’re actually looking at the result of a scientific experiment performed by engineer Hoi Dick Ng from Concordia University…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Dec 24

This Insane Watch Uses Pistons, Bellows and Liquid to Tell the Time

I’m not crazy into watches, usually. I wear a Casio digital watch, which is a fair sign I rate function over form on my wrist. But this time piece, powered by pistons, bellows and liquid, made me stop and take notice. This is the HYT H1, and it uses a liquid-filled chamber to display the…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 13

How to make water flow at 130 degrees below freezing

At zero degrees Celsius, liquid water freezes into ice. That should be the end of the story, but under very special conditions, frozen water can flow like a liquid. This frozen flowing water could be found on other planets. This unusual water was produced in an experiment by Ove Andersson of Sweden’s Umeå University. He…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jun 27

Liquid

Scientists Discover Hidden Behavior in Water That Helps Explain Why Ice Floats

Rapid Test Could Tell You If There’s Salmonella in Your Chicken

Bitcoin’s Price Plummets as China Cracks Down on Trades

You Can Build a Siphon Way Taller Than We Thought

Pouring Molten Copper on Antifreeze Engine Coolant Is Pretty Spectacular

Watch this sorcerous liquid substance start swirling in crazy patterns

Awesome liquid 3D printer oozes out things from goo

I never imagined liquids could move in this way

This cute stop motion animation was made entirely with drops of water

Witness the magic of non-Newtonian fluids in slow motion

I wish all my clothes magically repelled liquid stains like this

This Crazy Machine Let Astronauts Experiment With Fluids 30 Years Ago

Can Humans Breathe Liquid?

The Weird New Solid That’s Actually a Liquid

Al-Qaeda Can Turn Clothes into Explosives By Dipping Them in Liquid

Magically Turn Liquid Soda into a Delicious Slushie with This Trick

Watch Liquid Water Instantly Turn into Ice

This Isn’t a Christmas Decoration

This Insane Watch Uses Pistons, Bellows and Liquid to Tell the Time

How to make water flow at 130 degrees below freezing

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