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Drexel University Researchers Discover Simple Liquids Fracture Like Solids
March 27, 2026
WASHINGTON, March 27 (TNSjou) -- Researchers at Drexel University have discovered that simple liquids can reach a breaking point and fracture like solid objects when stretched with sufficient force. The findings, published in Physical Review Letters, suggest that this mechanical phenomenon may be a universal property of all simple liquids, including water and oil.

Thamires Lima, assistant research professor at College of Engineering, stated that the discovery (https://journals.aps.o . . .

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