While the physics of uncorking a bottle of champagne has been well documented, less is known about the mechanisms at play when opening a swing-top bottle of beer. Physicist Max Koch from the ...

This is partly because cans protect the beer from direct sunlight better than semi-transparent bottles, and partly because cans are often sealed better than those long necks. Read more ...

In a fun experiment, Max Koch, a researcher at the University of Göttingen in Germany—who also happens to be passionate about ...