Home   |   Print edition   |   Advertising   |   Buyers Guide   |   Jobs   |   Events calendar   |   RSS feeds

« Apollo 11 tributes on the Moon landing's 40th anniversary | News Picks home | Opinion: Space exploration is now a robot's job »

Why raindrops come in many sizes

| No Comments | No TrackBacks

BBC News: We might never consider the size of the raindrops as we hurry for cover, but their variety has puzzled scientists for many years.


Now, by filming one falling raindrop, researchers in France have explained why the drops are an array of so many different sizes.
Reporting in the journal Nature Physics, the team described how the drop deformed and burst as it fell.

No TrackBacks

TrackBack URL: http://blogs.physicstoday.org/mt/mt-tb.cgi/3762

Leave a comment