Scientists at the Queen’s University Belfast have just invented the world’s first “porous liquid,” and it’s being hailed as a major breakthrough. But what on Earth is it?
It’s not supposed to be that hard to figure out if something is liquid or if something is solid. If it flows like water, it’s liquid. If it stays relatively still, it’s solid. But what if it’s a substance that breaks the laws of normal behaviour and is both liquid…
It might look more like an engine from an ageing car than a piece of engineering fit for space, but this machine was a pioneering piece of apparatus that allowed astronauts to experiment with fluids in space.