We’ve all experienced that moment of dismay when we open a fresh can of mixed nuts, only to find loathed Brazil nuts at the top of the heap, with the tasty cashews and trusty peanuts all the way down ...

This week is all about something known as the Brazil Nut Effect. Have you ever noticed that the dried fruits or nuts in your breakfast cereal are not evenly spread out inside the box but that some ...

First there was the “Brazil nut effect”, then the “reverse Brazil nut effect” – and now physicists in the UK have cracked the “water-enhanced Brazil nut effect”. For those of you not familiar with ...