Swiss students win gold in ‘physics World Cup’

Five Swiss high school students have come first in the International Young Physicists’ Tournament (IYPT) in Timisoara, Romania, beating rivals from Poland and Singapore in the final.

The five pupils presented their solution to the “Droplet Explosion” problem, which involved describing how a drop of a water mixture on the surface of an oily liquid can disintegrate into smaller droplets.

At the tournament, teams from almost 30 countries competed against each other. Each country was represented by five students.

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