News tagged with fluid motion

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

'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

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

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

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