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Surface Tension on Micro and Nano Scales

Dragonflies have holes scattered across the veins of their wings that are hypothesized to allow air to pass through but keep blood in. These holes are typically on the order of a few nanometers. The ...
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Water coming out of a capillary tube when height is reduced below initial level

Consider a capillary tube of height $H_1$. Water raises to a height $h_1$ in this tube. Now the capillary tube is cut such that its new height is $H_2 < h_1$. I've read in many textbooks and other ...
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