{"ok":true,"article":{"slug":"century-old-physics-idea-explains-why-cubic-fluid-equations-work-b8d3c218","title":"Century-old physics idea explains why cubic fluid equations work","url":"https://phys.org/news/2026-08-century-physics-idea-cubic-fluid.html","canonical":"https://www.aimode.news/article/century-old-physics-idea-explains-why-cubic-fluid-equations-work-b8d3c218","sourceName":"Phys.org","summary":"The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) has developed a new cubic equation of state (EOS) that provides a physical justification for a mathematical structure that the chemical and petroleum industries have relied on for more than half a century without a first-principles explanation.","category":"Science","image":null,"lang":"en","publishedAt":"2026-08-21T01:40:04+00:00","createdAt":"2026-08-21T02:00:13.334866+00:00"}}