This elusive moment has almost taken on a mythical quality, with two generations of custodians - Professor Parnell and his ...
The Pitch Drop Experiment, started by Australian physicist Thomas Parnell in 1927, is approaching its centennial anniversary.
The University of Queensland in Australia hosts the world's longest-running science experiment. The experiment began in 1927.
The world's slowest science experiment began all the way back in 1927 and is, to this day, still going strong. We all ...
Professor Thomas Parnell, the first Professor of Physics at the University of Queensland, initiated the Pitch Drop experiment in 1927 to showcase the surprising properties of everyday materials.
The National Pitch Tar Drop Event, run by Trinity's School of Physics in collaboration with the AMBER Research Ireland Centre and the Institute of Physics. will see a School in every county ...
it only takes a tenth of a second for the drop to dislocate and fall. Seeing it happen is so rare that in the 83 years that an even older pitch experiment has been running at the University of ...