News tagged with fluid motion

Sound increases the efficiency of boiling

Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology achieved a 17-percent increase in boiling efficiency by using an acoustic field to enhance heat transfer. The acoustic field does this by efficiently removing vapor bubbles ...

Physics / Soft Matter

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 6

Ancient lunar dynamo may explain magnetized moon rocks

The presence of magnetized rocks on the surface of the moon, which has no global magnetic field, has been a mystery since the days of the Apollo program. Now a team of scientists has proposed a novel mechanism ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Physicists create supernova in a jar (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of physicists from the University of Toronto and Rutgers University have mimicked the explosion of a supernova in miniature.

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 02, 2010 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (13) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Microfluidic devices advance 3-D tissue engineering

A research team, co-headed by Dr. Woo Lee and Dr. Hongjun Wang of Stevens Institute of Technology, has published a paper describing a new method that generates three-dimensional (3D) tissue models for studying bacterial infection ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Chemical reactions can be self-stirring (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Every chemistry student knows that if you stir a mixture of chemicals you speed up the reactions between them, but less well-known is that chemical reactions can themselves stir up the mixture. ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Feb 01, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Robotic clam digs in mudflats

To design a lightweight anchor that can dig itself in to hold small underwater submersibles, Anette (Peko) Hosoi of MIT borrowed techniques from one of nature's best diggers -- the razor clam.

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

'Microfluidic Palette' May Paint Clearer Picture of Biological Processes

(PhysOrg.com) -- The masterpieces that spring from the talents of Rembrandt, Van Gogh and other artists often begin with the creation of a gradient of colors on a palette. In a similar manner, researchers ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists discover molecular defect involved in hearing loss

Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have elucidated the action of a protein, harmonin, which is involved in the mechanics of hearing. This finding sheds new light on the workings of mechanotransduction, the process ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0