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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, […]

How Rocket Science May Improve Kidney Dialysis

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 17, 2015 — A team of researchers in the United Kingdom has found a way to redesign an artificial connection between an artery and […]

Why a Latte is Less Likely to Spill than a Coffee

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 24, 2015 – Carrying a full cup of coffee from the kitchen to the dining room can be precarious for a sleepy-eyed caffeine addict […]

Laser-Guided Herds of Sea Monkeys Show how Zooplankton Migrations May Affect Global Ocean Currents

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 30, 2014–Sea monkeys have captured the popular attention of both children and aquarium hobbyists because of their easily observable life cycle — sold as […]

The Physics of Ocean Undertow

WASHINGTON D.C. May 13, 2014 — People standing on a beach often feel the water tugging the sand away from under their feet. This is the undertow, […]