Beer mats protect tables from unsightly condensation rings. However, they are sometimes also misused as projectiles. Usually with little success: after just a short time, the cardboard coaster leaves ...

The curved rim on a Frisbee acts as an airfoil, which generates lift almost like an airplane wing. For beer mats, however, gravity takes hold soon after becoming airborne, greatly affecting its lift ...

Whilst modelling the forces acting upon a thrown beer mat, physicists discover why flat discs have such poor flight potential. The question ‘Why do beer mats make bad frisbees?’ may initially seem ...

Many a pub crawler has engaged in the time-honored tradition of throwing beer mats—those round cardboard coasters that are ubiquitous in bars—as if the mats were frisbees, often competing to see who ...

Anyone who has ever failed to throw a beer mat into a hat should take note: physicists at the University of Bonn have discovered why this task is so difficult. However, their study also suggests how ...

Electronics and beer aren’t always cosy bedfellows but that hasn’t stopped BT Sport from devising a hi-tech solution for the humble beer mat. The custom built mats can be scanned by smartphones ...