Drips are the bane of every wine drinker’s existence. He or she uncorks a bottle of wine, tips it toward the glass, and a drop, or even a stream, runs down the side of the bottle. Sure, you could do what sommeliers in restaurants do, wrapping a napkin around the neck of the bottle to catch the liquid, but who has time for that. Much more likely, you’ll ruin the tablecloth.
At Brandeis University, biophysicist Dan Perlman has invented a wine bottle that won’t drip.