Celebrating the Best in Soft Matter Physics and Breakfast Cereal Innovation.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Ars Technica
The winners of this year's Gallery of Soft Matter Physics were announced at the American Physical Society March Meeting in Las Vegas. The winning videos showcased the Cheerios effect, the physics of clogs, and exploiting the physics behind wine tears to make bubbles last longer. The submissions were judged on both striking visual qualities and scientific interest. Brown University scientists used two 3D-printed plastic disks to explore the Cheerios effect and derived a scaling law relating the strength of the capillary action in the Cheerios effect to the mass, diameter, and spacing of the disks.