(Phys.org) —The Rutherford School Physics Partnership is giving A-level physicists a unique opportunity to tackle a real research problem. The problem of the chain fountain was revealed by BBC Science ...

British science YouTuber Steve Mould teamed up with NASA astronaut Don Pettit aboard the ISS to explore the chain fountain effect he originally discovered – this time in zero gravity. Pettit conducted ...

In this video I show how a simple strand of metal beads can turn into a surprising chain fountain. I explain the Mould effect and how momentum sends the beads shooting up out of the jar before they ...

NEW YORK – Usually, physics research starts with a known problem. There are surprises, of course, but they don’t often come from Internet videos, as happened with the case of the mysterious chain ...

The chain fountain phenomenon, also known as the self-siphoning beads, Newton's beads or the Mould effect, is a counterintuitive physical phenomenon observed with a chain placed inside a jar, when one ...