{"id":40444,"date":"2013-12-19T12:06:42","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T06:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.editage.cn\/insights\/research\/can-a-liquid-behave-like-a-solid"},"modified":"2026-01-08T11:15:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T05:45:50","slug":"can-a-liquid-behave-like-a-solid-4759","status":"publish","type":"research","link":"https:\/\/new.editage.cn\/insights\/can-a-liquid-behave-like-a-solid-4759\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a liquid behave like a solid?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">When a solid object like a rubber ball is compressed onto a solid surface, it retains its original form when decompressed. In contrast, a water droplet\u2019s contact angle with the surface irreversibly changes. But a new study has shown that a droplet of liquid mercury can undergo a reversible compression. Read more in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/prl.aps.org\/abstract\/PRL\/v111\/i22\/e226102\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Physical Review Letters<\/a><\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">JV Escobar and R Castillo, <em>Physical Review Letters<\/em>, 2013. 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