This article is from WeChat official account: science home (ID: steamforkids) , Author: Seven-jun, head of FIG sources : “The Creed”

As the saying goes, water flows down. But 12 years ago, someone discovered that water can flow upstream.

Don’t believe me, everyone look here——

Purple particles climb up the water stream

Seeing Muyou, the powder on the water surface flows back into the container above with the retrograde water. Yes, this is very creed.

So, did you watch Nolan’s new movie? Not really. This phenomenon was discovered by a physics boy named S. Bianchini in the year of the 2008 financial crisis. It has been 12 years since.

Traditional yerba mate tea in Argentina

At that time, Bianchini from Argentina was making traditional Argentine yerba mate. The yerba mate is made from Paraguayan wintergreen leaves and the tea is in powder form. When he poured the water, he suddenly found that the tea leaves were reversed and floated into the teapot automatically.