Convection as a research area investigates buoyancy-driven and forced fluid motion arising from temperature or composition gradients, focusing on the coupled transport of momentum, heat, and mass in gases, liquids, and multiphase systems. It encompasses theoretical, numerical, and experimental studies of stability, transition to turbulence, pattern formation, and scaling laws in configurations such as Rayleigh–Bénard, thermal plumes, and mixed convection in boundary layers and porous media. This field underpins advances in geophysics, astrophysics, atmospheric and oceanic sciences, and engineering systems, where accurately resolving convective processes is essential for predictive modeling, control, and optimization of transport phenomena.
A research team led by Taeyeon Kim, a professor in the Department of Chemistry at Sungkyunkwan University, in collaboration with a team from Yonsei University, has identified a new principle that controls charge separation, ...
General Physics
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When astronauts travel deeper into space, every drop of fuel becomes critical, and keeping those fuels stable for months or even years is one of the biggest engineering challenges facing future missions. Now, University of ...
Space Exploration
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For years, researchers have tried to harness the "twist" of light to transmit data. This property describes how light spirals as it travels forward, and because it can be molded into a virtually infinite number of different ...
Optics & Photonics
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Cosmic rays are made primarily of protons with a few electrons sprinkled in, and they can reach energies even higher than what human-made accelerators can produce. Considering human-made accelerators, such as the Large Hadron ...
Astronomy
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Magnetic quantum oscillations have been unexpectedly observed in insulators, where freely moving charge carriers are not expected to exist. A joint study by researchers from Tokyo University of Science, The University of ...
Condensed Matter
Jun 23, 2026
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Recent years have witnessed great advances in applying deep learning to improve fluorescence microscopy imaging. However, enhancing the fidelity of image restoration networks and improving their robustness under fluorescence ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 9, 2026
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A research team led by Davoud Jafari at the University of Twente, in collaboration with the University of Pisa, has completed a series of parabolic flight experiments to investigate advanced smart surfaces under rapidly changing ...
Space Exploration
Jun 6, 2026
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Researchers at McGill University have developed a novel device that generates sound-like particles known as phonons at extremely cold temperatures. The technology could be used to create phonon lasers, with possible applications ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 27, 2026
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How did the earliest life on Earth build complex biological machinery with so few tools? A new study explores how the simplest building blocks of proteins—once limited to just half of today's amino acids—could still form ...
Evolution
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With a new lab-based experiment, researchers in the UK and France have recreated the characteristic cascades of energy and angular momentum that underpin key features of Earth's atmosphere. Reporting in Physical Review Letters, ...
