We Know Simple Fluids Can Flow. Turns Out, Some Can Fracture

dd8601fn 37 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

This looks like silly putty behavior.

nycdweller349 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Someone tell me the industries that are going to benefit the most from this in the short and long term and what I can expect to see in the next 30 years as a result of this discovery.

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helpfulclippy an hour ago | parent | next [-]

That sounds like a lot of work for someone to go do for a quanta article about something neat a researcher noticed.

	▲	calrt 44 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I worry that this sort of request will become the norm in the age of AI where people forget that people aren’t there to serve them.

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gmueckl 28 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Maybe it will not have any mmediate application. But guess what? It's still cool! And that can be its very own reward if you let it.

Oh, btw: electricity was a novelty toy for several long decades with no major practical applications. But that eventually changed because people kept researching it. And it changed the world.

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lostlogin 40 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

You made an account to say that?