Scientists stretched a liquid and it snapped like a solid

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In a surprising discovery that could reshape fluid mechanics, researchers at Drexel University have shown that under certain conditions, a simple liquid can behave like a solid and fracture. The study, published in Physical Review Letters, demonstrates that viscous liquids can abruptly snap when stretched with enough force.

This finding suggests that viscosity, or a liquid's resistance to flow, plays a much larger role in its mechanical behavior than ...

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