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Sequential Model Chips Away at Mysteries of Aircraft Ice

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 6, 2018 — Ice accumulation on aircraft wings is a common contributing factor to airplane accidents. Most existing models focus on either ice that […]

Pseudopod Protrusions Propel Amoeboid Cells Forward: A 3-D Swimming Model

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 31, 2017 — Rhythmic patterns and precise motions — these are key elements of proper swimming. Olympians demonstrate repeated patterns of breathing, with synchronized […]

The Drop That’s Good to the Very End

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 17, 2017 — Even in ancient Greece, philosopher Aristotle tried to sum up all the ways that water can behave. Now, about 2,400 years […]

Soft and Spherical: Researchers Study Dynamics of Drop Impact

WASHINGTON D.C., August 15, 2017 — For the most part, fluid dynamics researchers have focused efforts to understand the details of impacting drops on flat rigid surfaces; the […]

Even Droplets Sometimes Take the Stairs

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 11, 2017 — Sometimes, liquid drops don’t drop. Instead, they climb. Using computer simulations, researchers have now shown how to induce droplets to climb […]

Simulating Splash at the Microscopic Level

Washington, D.C., July 11, 2017 — Spray cooling is one of the most promising methods for cooling high heat flow electronics. Two-phase spray cooling, in particular, has […]

Wave Beams Mix and Stir the Ocean to Create Climate

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 20, 2017 — Ocean circulation patterns have a profound effect on global climate. Waves deep within the ocean play an important role in establishing […]

How Fluids Flow Through Shale

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 2, 2017 — Most of the world’s oil and natural gas reserves may be locked up inside the tiny pores comprising shale rock. But […]

Nature Plants a Seed of Engineering Inspiration

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 24, 2017 — Researchers in South Korea have quantitatively deconstructed what they describe as the “ingenious mobility strategies” of seeds that self-burrow rotationally into […]