A study inspired by street performers making gigantic soap bubbles led to a discovery in fluid mechanics: Mixing different molecular sizes of polymers within a solution increases the ability of a thin film to stretch without ...
General Physics
Jan 30, 2020
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In a little more than a decade, samples of rover-scooped Martian soil will rocket to Earth.
Space Exploration
Sep 15, 2020
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Someday, treating patients with nanorobots could become standard practice to deliver medicine specifically to parts of the body affected by disease. But merely injecting drug-loaded nanoparticles might not always be enough ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 17, 2015
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A popular backyard science experiment led a team of fluid dynamics experts to a new math formula that more accurately predicts cavitation and its damaging effects.
General Physics
Jul 25, 2017
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(PhysOrg.com) -- High hopes rest on stem cells: one day, they may be used to treat many diseases. To date, embryos are the main source of these cells, but this raises ethical problems. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 19, 2010
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An expert in the field of reproductive biology, Dr Janet Pitman from Victoria's School of Biological Sciences, says dairy cows worldwide have become less fertile—partly due to farmers selecting cows for high yields of milk. ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 7, 2014
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Hummingbirds rank among the world's largest and most accomplished hovering animals, but how do they manage it in gusty winds?
General Physics
Nov 21, 2010
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Cameras shooting up to 25,000 frames a second have been used to capture the moment two droplets of liquid come together and mix—and it is opening up research into new applications for 3-D printing.
Condensed Matter
Feb 25, 2020
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Caltech applied scientists have developed a new way to simulate large-scale motion numerically using the mathematics that govern the universe at the quantum level.
Quantum Physics
Jul 28, 2016
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(Phys.org)—When a kitchen sponge adsorbs water into its pores, it softens and expands. Now in a new study published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, scientists have discovered that, when microporous materials ...
