It's an issue that most men have to deal with on a daily basis. Urinals, first invented nearly 200 years ago, still have a notorious flaw – splashback. Now, experts have come up with a design that ...

Scientists in the UK are working to develop new ‘splash avoidance’ techniques that could help to prevent unpleasant and even hazardous situations in bathrooms, hospitals, and kitchens. And, they say ...

When a drop of liquid hits a surface at a sufficiently high speed, it splashes -- that much isn't in doubt. But sometimes splashing isn't helpful. Researchers are working on methods of 'splash ...

Physicists in Utah have developed an insert for urinals that prevents pee from splashing back onto trousers. The so-called urine black hole mimics techniques from super-absorbent natural materials.

Men, get ready to save on laundry and dry cleaning expenses. Science and technology have given us antibiotics, the internet, and space travel but to date have not solved the problem of urinal ...

Urinals are convenient, but they’re not known for their cleanliness. Splashback is both annoying and unsanitary, not to mention a gross problem for those that keep our bathrooms clean. So scientists ...

RESEARCHERS from Oxford have made significant progress towards a world with splash-free urinals. Scientists at the University of Oxford have published a paper on splash-avoidance, which assesses ...

It's a regrettable reality that there is never time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month. In the past, we've featured year-end roundups of cool science stories we ...

Yep, CE here. Mind you, the "seat up or down" wars are still pretty much real here as well and home urinals are still quite rare, but the uptake of them has been somewhat rising a bit, lately. Even so ...

When a drop of liquid hits a surface at a sufficiently high speed, it splashes -- that much isn't in doubt. But sometimes splashing isn't helpful. Researchers are working on methods of 'splash ...