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 […]
Lasers Measure Jet Disintegration
WASHINGTON D.C., April 18, 2017 — There are many processes, such as propulsion, in which fluid in a supercritical state, where the temperature and pressure put a […]
Bubble Group Dancing
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 11, 2017 — A group of researchers at Zhejiang University’s State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, in Hangzhou, China, recently discovered […]
How Nanoparticles Affect Flow Through Porous Stuff in Surprising Ways
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 4, 2017 — Those who have mixed oil and vinegar may have unknowingly observed a strange fluid phenomenon called fingering instability. A type of […]
Acetone Experiences Leidenfrost Effect, No Hotplate Needed
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 14, 2017 — In doing his due diligence, cleaning his lab equipment, fluid physicist Stoffel Janssens from the Mathematical Soft Matter Unit in the […]