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Fluid dynamics

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Making droplets drop faster

New nanopatterned surfaces could improve the efficiency of powerplants and desalination systems.

February 23, 2012

Researchers find bees get the sweetest nectar by dipping their tongues into the viscous syrup. Pictured is a bumblebee drinking from a sucrose-soaked surface.

Sugar high for bees

Bees, and similar nectar feeders, get sweeter juice with dipping tongues.

October 12, 2011

Jaime Peraire, the next head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Peraire named head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Computational aerodynamics specialist succeeds Ian Waitz, who was named dean of engineering

June 1, 2011

Snapshot of the concentration field during the unstable displacement of a more viscous fluid (dark) by a fully-miscible, less viscous fluid (light).

In the mix

Research finds ‘viscous fingers’ can induce efficient mixing of fluids in tight spaces.

May 19, 2011