Dewatering natural fiber suspensions via compression
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 17, 2016 — The removal of water from dense suspensions is a longstanding and perplexing industrial challenge — one that’s particularly important when it […]
How Much Can a Mode-2 Wave Move?
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 24, 2016 — Look out over the ocean and you might get the impression that it’s a mass of water acting as a single […]
Daffodils Help Inspire Design of Stable Structures
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 10, 2016 — In 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed in dramatic fashion, twisting in the wind before it snapped and plunged into the […]
Enhancing lab-on-a-chip peristalsis with electro-osmosis
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 10, 2016 – If you’ve ever eaten food while upside down – and who hasn’t indulged this chimpanzee daydream? – you can thank the […]
New Discovery May Help Engineers Design Quieter Jet Airplanes
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 26, 2016 – If you’ve ever experienced the exceptionally powerful and reverberating sounds of a jet during takeoff, you likely won’t be surprised that […]
Will Raindrops Stick to a Spider Web’s Threads?
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 12, 2016 – If you go out after a rain, you may notice spider webs glistening with water droplets. The soggy webs resemble human-made […]
Sharkskin actually increases drag
Washington, D.C., March 15, 2016 — On an intuitive level, you’d expect a shark’s skin to reduce drag. After all, the purpose of sharkskin-inspired riblets — the […]
Physics of Booming and Burping Sand Dunes Revealed
Washington, D.C., Oct. 27, 2015 — Avalanching sand from dune faces in Death Valley National Park and the Mojave Desert can trigger loud, rumbling “booming” or short […]
Controlling Evaporative Patterning Transitions
Washington, D.C., Sept. 29, 2015 — Water, soup, wet paint and other liquids often leave stains as they dry. They include “coffee rings” from dried coffee droplets, […]