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Published Date: July 10, 2026

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

Researchers thought that what enabled complex fluids to break apart was their elasticity.

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Researchers thought that what enabled complex fluids to break apart was their elasticity. But a crack in a nonelastic simple fluid has them questioning that idea. The post We Know Simple Fluids Can Flow. Turns Out, Some Can Fracture. first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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