Polymers at Play: Make your own Silly Putty!

2025-10-30T13:25:04-06:00
08/2025
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Silly Putty, serious science

There is some serious science behind Silly Putty! This classic toy gets its unique properties from materials you can find around your house or at the grocery store. Click to learn how you can make your own Silly Putty at home and try some fun experiments to investigate its properties!

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Polymers at Play: Make your own Silly Putty!2025-10-30T13:25:04-06:00

When you’re small, liquids behave like slippery solids

2024-11-21T13:40:00-06:00
11/2024
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Nanoscale fluid mechanics

We think we're pretty familiar with how ordinary liquids behave, but it turns out that some of the basic things we know are no longer true when we look at these liquids on short enough length scales and fast enough time scales. The liquids start to behave more like solids, pushing back when you push on them, and slipping across solid surfaces instead of being dragged along. Click to ride the tiny-but-mighty new wave of nanofluidics!

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When you’re small, liquids behave like slippery solids2024-11-21T13:40:00-06:00
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