These falling drops don’t splash—they spin

Unique surface makes water drops do the twist

Read the story: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/03/these-falling-drops-don-t-splash-they-spin

Read the research: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-08919-2

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research footage

H. Li, et al. Nature Communications 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08919-2

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C. Burns/Science