Search results for fluid mechanics

Plants & Animals Aug 29, 2025

Unraveling the proton translocation dynamics behind photoprotective mechanisms in plants

Regulating the flow of protons across the chloroplast and modulating the activity of its CFo-CF1 adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase protein are key to protecting plants from excessive light energy absorbed during photosynthesis, ...

Earth Sciences Aug 21, 2025

Beyond Arrakis: Dune researchers confront real-life perils of shifting sand formations

Last summer, Stephanie McNamara got her first glimpse of Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in southern Colorado. The park is a monument to sand, where dunes stretch across 30 square miles and tower nearly 750 feet ...

Space Exploration Aug 18, 2025

Using magnetism for more efficient oxygen production in space

Since sending the first human into space in the 1960s, the solution to one key challenge has remained elusive: the efficient and reliable production of oxygen in space. On the International Space Station, this problem is ...

Soft Matter Jul 24, 2025

Supercomputer simulation clarifies how turbulent boundary layers evolve at moderate Reynolds numbers

Scientists at the University of Stuttgart's Institute of Aerodynamics and Gas Dynamics (IAG) have produced a novel dataset that will improve the development of turbulence models. With the help of the Hawk supercomputer at ...

Biotechnology Jul 23, 2025

Fish-inspired adhesive device clings to soft tissues for underwater drug delivery

Inspired by a hitchhiking fish that uses a specialized suction organ to latch onto sharks and other marine animals, researchers from MIT and other institutions have designed a mechanical adhesive device that can attach to ...

Earth Sciences Jul 19, 2025

Dead Sea's salt giants reveal how massive salt deposits form over time

The Dead Sea is a confluence of extraordinary conditions: the lowest point on Earth's land surface, with one of the world's highest salinities. The high concentration of salt gives it a correspondingly high density, and the ...

Soft Matter Jul 15, 2025

Theory for aerosol droplets from contaminated bubbles may shed light on spread of pollution, microplastics, and more

Bubbles burst when their caps rupture. Children discover this phenomenon every summer day, but it also underpins key mechanisms for the spread of pollutants, contaminants, and even infectious disease through the generation ...

Analytical Chemistry Jul 14, 2025

Stainless steel filters create temporary nanopores for efficient drug delivery into cells

Researchers from Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have leveraged their expertise in microfluidics to develop a novel method for deforming cells mechanically to facilitate intracellular delivery, revolutionizing ...

Planetary Sciences Jul 7, 2025

A new way to wobble: Scientists uncover mechanism that causes formation of planets

Instead of a tempest in a teapot, imagine the cosmos in a canister. Scientists have performed experiments using nested, spinning cylinders to confirm that an uneven wobble in a ring of electrically conductive fluid like liquid ...

General Physics Jul 7, 2025

New models improve predictions of snow, rock and ice avalanches

A new 3D simulation tool developed by ETH and SLF researchers now allows for significantly more accurate predictions of complex alpine mass movements, supporting alpine risk management.

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