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Ellie Anderbyrne
Ellie Anderbyrne

@ekanderb · Sep 26, 2023

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I was really hoping for more about how coffee filters work, but other applications of science are also interesting, I suppose.

Bizarre Quantum Theory Explains Why Your Coffee Takes So Long to Drip through a Narrow Filter

Bizarre Quantum Theory Explains Why Your Coffee Takes So Long to Drip through a Narrow Filter

Physicist John Cardy and his colleague just won the 2024 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. We spoke with Cardy about conformal field theory, 2D black holes and coffee filters

scientificamerican.com

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