(PhysOrg.com) -- It is very difficult to overestimate the importance of colloidal suspensions. Besides being an integral part of our everyday life (food, cosmetics, drugs), they also serve as an excellent model system for ...
Soft Matter
May 18, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using large-scale computer simulations, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have identified the most important factors affecting how molecules move through the crowded environment inside living ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 12, 2010
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Chang Lu and his chemical engineering research group at Virginia Tech have discovered how to "greatly enhance" the delivery of DNA payloads into cells. The description of their work will be featured on the cover of Lab on ...
Bio & Medicine
Jul 9, 2010
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When a hungry harbour seal sets off in pursuit of a fish diner, the animal has a secret weapon in its tracking arsenal: its whiskers. Detecting hydrodynamic trails in water with their sensitive whiskers, seals easily track ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 11, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Southwest Research Institute have designed and built a 60,000 rpm gas bearing test rig to test the rotordynamic stability of gas bearings.
Engineering
May 5, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Even if you are not a cook, you might have wondered why a pinch of flour (or any small particles) thrown into a bowl of water will disperse in a dramatic fashion, radiating outward as if it was exploding. ...
General Physics
Nov 16, 2009
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New research on the effects of blast waves could lead to an enhanced understanding of head injuries and improved military helmet design.
General Physics
Aug 26, 2009
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The understanding of the clustering and movement of microswimmers has a range of applications from human health to tackling ecological problems.
General Physics
May 25, 2022
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In "Atchafalaya," John McPhee's essay in the 1989 book "The Control of Nature," the author chronicles efforts by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prevent the Atchafalaya River from changing the course of the Mississippi ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 1, 2021
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The ice‐covered season plays an important role in the development of river channels, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. The spatial variability of sediment transport and differences in depositional ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 20, 2019
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