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Industrial Bread Dough Kneaders Could Use Physics-Based Redesign

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 26, 2019 — Bakers have been crafting bread for more than 6,000 years with four simple ingredients: flour, salt, water and yeast. Apart from […]

Analysis of Galileo’s Jupiter Entry Probe Reveals Gaps in Heat Shield Modeling

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 15, 2019 — The entry probe of the Galileo mission to Jupiter entered the planet’s atmosphere in 1995 in fiery fashion. As the probe […]

Stabilizing Multilayer Flows May Improve Transportation of Heavy Oils

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 8, 2019 — During the past 20 years, the oil industry has begun a gradual transition away from light oils, which are being consumed […]

Squid-Inspired Robots Might Have Environmental, Propulsion Applications

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 1, 2019 — Inspired by the unique and efficient swimming strategy of cephalopods, scientists developed an aquatic robot that mimics their form of propulsion. […]

Simulations Characterize Turbulence Caused by Common Connection for Dialysis

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 27, 2019 — Patients with kidney failure often require arteriovenous grafts to be connected to dialysis machines for their lifesaving treatment. However, one common […]

Numerical Simulations Probe Mechanisms Behind Sand Dune Formation

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 10, 2019 — If you’ve ever looked closely at a 3D sand or sediment dune within a river or coastal area, did you wonder […]

Bullet Shape, Velocity Determine Blood Spatter Patterns

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 6, 2019 — Blood spatters are hydrodynamic signatures of violent crimes, often revealing when an event occurred and where the perpetrator and victim were […]

How to Ice-Proof the Next Generation of Aircraft

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 1, 2019 – 35,000 feet is standard cruising altitude for a commercial jet airplane, but at those lofty heights the air temperature plummets below […]

Autonomous Weed Control Via Smart Robots

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 27, 2019 — Driving across Iowa, Hendrik J. Viljoen, distinguished professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Nebraska, noticed that soybean […]