Thursday, January 01, 2009

Water Bridge

Water doesn't mind the gap: Gravity-defying liquid bridge makes a splash.
in Nature (2007).
It could be the world's longest liquid bridge: researchers have coaxed water into leaping a 25-millimetre gap between two regular glass beakers in a gravity-defying stunt. The engineering feat could involve a hitherto unknown microstructure of water, the researchers say.