The physics of water drops and lift-off
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Viscosity helps create a shape that lets liquid pop off the surface it strikes.
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Sunday Science: Exploring the properties of water through raindrops, Magic Sand
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Inverse Leidenfrost Effect: Levitating Drops on Liquid Nitrogen
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The physics of water drops and lift-off
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Water drops fall from a tap on to the floor 5.0 m below at regular intervals of time. The first
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Leidenfrost droplet trampolining
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Droplet lift-off from hydrophobic surfaces from impact with soft-hydrogel spheres
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Sliding water droplets surprise scientists – Physics World
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Scientists Levitate Water Droplets, Figure Out What Drives 'Magical' Behavior
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Physics - The Physics of Droplets Takes Off
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Sliding water droplets surprise scientists – Physics World