{
  "id": 2368689,
  "title": "Century-old physics idea explains why cubic fluid equations work",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/century-old-physics-idea-explains-why-cubic-fluid-equations-work",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-21T01:40:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-century-physics-idea-cubic-fluid.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "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.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}