Physicists from the University of Utrecht and the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw have observed—for the first time experimentally—the Brazil nut effect in a mixture of charged colloidal ...

In a bag of mixed nuts, after shaking, smaller nuts fill in the gaps created at the bottom, pushing the larger Brazil nuts to the top. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

Chief meteorologist Mark Dixon takes a look at a specific property of a pineapple in April 20's edition of Science Sunday.

SHAKE a can of mixed nuts and you’ll generally expect to see the largest ones rise to the top. But shake hard enough, and you can actually produce the reverse effect. Apart from ensuring you don’t ...

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