Read article: Physicists explain why some fast-moving droplets stick to hydrophobic surfaces
New experiments and calculations could improve aerosol and microfluidic technologies while shedding more light on airborne disease transmission
Read article: The physics behind why cutting onions makes us cry
It’s mostly to do with knife sharpness and cutting technique
Read article: ‘Father of the Internet’ Vint Cerf expresses concern about the longevity of digital information
How do we create a digital version of the vellum and clay tablets that successfully preserved information in earlier ages of human history?
Read article: Why foamy heads on Belgium beers last so long
It’s all to do with the triple-fermentation process
Read article: ‘I left the school buzzing and on a high’
Colin White explains why doing schools outreach put him way outside his comfort zone
Read article: Vilnius University physicist creates micron-sized model of the Sorbonne Chapel
The model is 275,000 times smaller than the real Sorbonne Chapel
Read article: Delving into the scientific mind, astronomy’s happy accidents, lit science experiments at home, the art of NASA: micro reviews of recent books
Condensed natter: Physics World editors give their compressed verdicts on top new books
Read article: No laughing matter: a comic book about the climate crisis
Mike Follows reviews World Without End: an Illustrated Guide to the Climate Crisis by Jean-Marc Jancovici and Christophe Blain
Read article: A Martian aurora, how the universe fades away, Heisenberg on holiday, physics of fake coins
Physics World editors talk about what’s new in physics
Read article: The mechanics behind rose petal shapes revealed
It’s all about geometric frustrations
