Although the research wasn't performed in Canada you know the keepers of the global strategic maple syrup reserve were watching with intense interest.
From Nautil.us, March 6, 2026:
Physicists Uncover How Long It Takes to Get the Last Drop of Syrup
How to tackle a common kitchen problem with fluid dynamics
No one likes to waste food, not even the stubborn remnants of ketchup at the bottom of the bottle. So what do you do? Turn it upside down, obviously. Unfortunately, this tried-and-true method can take quite a bit of time. Now, new research published in Physics of Fluids can tell you just how long the wait will be.
Physicists Thomas Dutta and Jay Tang of Brown University were motivated to tackle this culinary conundrum based on their own experiences in the kitchen. Tang wanted to know the best way to empty water from a cast iron wok, while Dutta was inspired by his grandmother’s routine of getting the last drop of liquid from every condiment jar.
“In both cases, the relevant physics involves the flow of thin layers of fluid on a surface,” Dutta said in a statement. “This physics is everywhere in our regular research as well, so we decided that this would be a nice training exercise.”
Their regular research, investigating how colonies of bacteria spread on moist surfaces, involves the work of another team-up: Claude-Louis Navier and Sir George Gabriel Stokes. Developed in the 19th century, their Navier-Stokes equations describe the movements of viscous liquids and were instrumental in their most recent research....
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We have quite a few posts on turbulence and fluid dynamics. The post (probably) most remunerative for the reader is:
"Think You're Smart Don'tcha: Figure This Out And Make A Million Bucks" in 2021:
In last week's post "Fluid Dynamics (and the filth on your phone)" I made the assertion "This is one of those fields of study that are so mind-bogglingly complex that....", without supplying any supporting statements or facts.(in these situations the reader can assume I am relying on the Charlie Munger all-purpose turnaround: "Think about it a little more and you will agree with me because you're smart and I'm right.")But for folks who require a bit of backup, here is Ars Technica, followed by the Clay Mathematics Institute, along with a cameo by Feynmann for added "Appeal to Authority":...
