Scientists Discover Liquids Can Fracture Like Solids Under Extreme Stress

Thamires Lima, PhD, an assistant professor, and Nicolas Alvarez, PhD, a professor, both in the College of Engineering, were quoted in a March 29 Interesting Engineering story about their discovery that a viscous simple liquid, under stress, can reach a point at which it will fracture like a solid. The story was republished in Yahoo! News.