Answer to saliva mystery has practical impact

Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 07:00 in Physics & Chemistry

Researchers at Rice University, Purdue University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have solved a long-standing mystery about why some fluids containing polymers - including saliva - form beads when they are stretched and others do not...

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