Create a fascinating substance named after Dr. Seuss's story "Bartholomew and the Oobleck"! This strange material acts like a liquid when handled gently but becomes solid when force is applied. It's a ...

As a dense suspension of piezoelectric nanoparticles shear thickens due to a transition from frictionless (gray) to frictional (red) particle–particle interactions, friction-induced piezoelectricity ...

Not understanding how shear thickening protects it. My experience with oobleck is that it tends to shatter upon impact, then the pieces flow back together. No point in stiffening if the stiffened ...

In this video excerpt from NOVA's "Making Stuff: Smarter", host and New York Times technology columnist David Pogue learns about the interesting behavior of some fluids with strange flow properties.

The described material and the proposed applications don't seem to go together at all. 1. Smartwatch bands are not "electronics" and do not need to be conductive, so this material doesn't help them. 2 ...