Pitch drop was an experiment to drip a highly viscous liquid compound called pitch, in 1927 by Professor Thomas Parnell of the University of Queensland. The pitch which crumbles into pieces when hit ...

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Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The world's longest-running laboratory experiment has finally delivered a result – eight months after the man who patiently watched over ...

After 69 years, the pitch has finally dropped. Researchers at Trinity College who have been conducting one version of the most famous long-term experiment in the world—dubbed the pitch drop experiment ...

The Pitch Drop experiment started in 1927 at the University of Queensland, remains one of the most engaging examples of long-term research and fascinating behaviours of mundane materials. This ...

The University of Queensland in Australia hosts the world's longest-running science experiment. The experiment began in 1927. It observes the flow of pitch, a substance that seems solid but is a very ...

Professor John Mainstone (third left), the former head of the Department of Physics at the University of Queensland, with students examining the world's longest running laboratory test, the Pitch Drop ...

In 1927, a researcher at the University of Queensland in Australia began what’s widely recognized as the longest-running experiment ever, the so-called “pitch drop.” It’s a simple set up: fill a flask ...

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have some long awaited test results: After 69 years, they have captured on video a drop of pitch, also known as bitumen or asphalt. With a camera trained on a ...