Quest to Find the ‘Missing Physics’ at Play in Landslides
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 30, 2016 — During the 1990s, Charles S. Campbell, now a professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of […]
Studying Blood Flow Dynamics to Identify the Heart of Vessel Failure
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 16, 2016 — When plaque, fatty deposits that build up on the inside of arteries, rupture and block blood flow, the results can be […]
Why Planes Freeze
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 21, 2016 — Pilots and safety officials worry about ice accumulating on the wings and tail of an aircraft flying during freezing rain. Abnormal […]
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 […]