New calculations by a theoretical astrophysicist at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) provide tools that open a door to exploring the history of events in astrophysical flows and in plasma fusion devices described ...
Soft Matter
May 27, 2015
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Data centers—large clusters of servers that power cloud computing operations, e-commerce and more—are one of the largest and fastest-growing consumers of electricity in the United States.
Energy & Green Tech
May 21, 2015
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After tinkering for months with thousands of lines of computer code, Benjamin L. Magolan believes he is finally getting somewhere: "I've had a breakthrough with my implementation and now everything is coming together," he ...
Computer Sciences
May 21, 2015
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No matter how beautiful or crystal clear the bubbling waters of an oasis may be, they seldom lead to technology breakthroughs. Yet, NASA's OASIS investigation's bubbles may lead to an ocean of new improvements in our technology ...
Space Exploration
Apr 27, 2015
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Los Alamos National Laboratory mechanical and thermal engineering researchers' efforts to solve the complex problem of how ocean currents affect the infrastructure of floating oilrigs and their computational fluid dynamics ...
General Physics
Mar 25, 2015
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When it comes to boiling water—or the phenomenon of applying heat to a liquid until it transitions to a gas—is there anything left for today's scientists to study? The surprising answer is, yes, quite a bit. How the bubbles ...
Soft Matter
Mar 6, 2015
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Joanna Austin (MS '98, PhD '03) does not just go with the flow. She picks it apart and analyzes it. One of the newest faculty members in Caltech's Division of Engineering and Applied Science is a gas dynamicist, Austin studies ...
General Physics
Feb 9, 2015
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Birds are unwitting masters of fluid dynamics—they manipulate airflow each time they flap their wings, pushing air in one direction and moving themselves in another. Two New York University researchers have taken inspiration ...
General Physics
Feb 3, 2015
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Farmers have long noted a correlation between rainstorms and disease outbreaks among plants. Fungal parasites known as "rust" can grow particularly rampant following rain events, eating away at the leaves of wheat and potentially ...
Engineering
Feb 3, 2015
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In the swirling, churning fireball at the heart of every internal combustion engine, complexity reigns supreme.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 9, 2014
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