Fluid dynamics
What links a wildfire raging across a forest to the electric signals rippling through our hearts? Enter the world of waves in excitable media.
The cloaked objects leave no wake.
Animals famous for walking up walls can also use a combination of techniques to race across water.
New research suggests they create a newfound type of air vortex to slow their descent.
The operating principles of ordinary magnetic stirrers may help create better microfluidic pumps for applications ranging from inkjet printing to drug delivery.
Physicists harness ultrasound to make bubbles last longer.
Scientists discovered that water droplets don’t just passively roll around on a hot skillet.
The physics of tumbling fibers may be useful for applications from paper manufacturing to the study of plankton in the ocean.
New study reveals the complex strategies crab spiders use to soar on streamers of silk.
Researchers investigate one of the classic physics lessons, substituting liquids for solids.