A #microfluidic device with rotating channels weaves soft material fibers into bundles to reinforce their properties Utrecht University Rowan University – Check it out for free: ow.ly/cpj150Atzr8

The two pairs of table legs show wildly different behavior as a result of programmable 3D hydrogel printing UC Irvine BME Standing the table rightside up works about as well as you'd expect - check out Figure 4: ow.ly/CaDI50FcdtB

Discovery 35921 #gif #abstract #design #geometry #generative #retro #digitalart (via Pi-Slices)

New tutorial review, Continuum-scale modelling of polymer blends using the Cahn–Hilliard equation: transport and thermodynamics led by Pavan Inguva & Omar Matar Matar Fluids Group #openaccess, xlink.rsc.org/?doi=10.1039/D…

Excited to share *two* papers appearing at #SIGGRAPHAsia2021, on "Repulsive Curves" and "Repulsive Surfaces." Tons of graphics algorithms find nice distributions of points by minimizing a "repulsive" energy. But what if you need to nicely distribute curves or surfaces? (1/14)

Congratulations to Shankar K. for finalizing their thesis, "Centrifugal Assembly of Bijel Ropes Via Helical Microfluidics"!

.@simoncowell saw the stars during Verge Aero's amazing performance to Coldplay's "Sky Full of Stars!" and gave them the first #AGTExtreme #GoldenBuzzer! 🤩 ✨ x.com/AGT/status/149…

Thrilled to share that my recent article has been highlighted in the "Rising Star: Advanced Materials" series onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.100…

Researchers Carnegie Mellon University use water as structural material for 3D printing. A freeform 3D ice printing method gives ice structures with micro-scale resolution, which can be used as sacrificial templates in resins. Read the #OpenAccess paper: ow.ly/yOFm50JQjn9

An origami frog that really jumps [📹 jennifersharing999: buff.ly/3RCoAqk]

#Sharpshooter insects catapult urine droplets at high accelerations to conserve energy. New research from Elio Challita and @BhamlaLab reveals the first example of superpropulsion found in a living system | b.gatech.edu/3maWCWR

For fun (and because I couldn't find any!) I wrote down some closed-form parametric equations for plain-knit yarns and the twisted fibers running around them: cs.cmu.edu/~kmcrane/Proje… Also includes C code to generate curves, and displacement/alpha maps for making tiled patterns.

Even the simplest physical processes are more than meets the eye. For example, flow through arrays of soft hairs turns out to be a more intricate process than we thought, shown elegantly by Ushay et al. at Liquids&Elasticity LAB @Princeton. go.aps.org/3nTVtUF. #FluidDynamics #Elastocapillarity

How does an immersed droplet or soft particle freeze when a freezing front is passing over? The droplet deforms and the deformation strongly depends on the velocity of the front! If you want to learn more, see our recent Physics of Fluids @ UTwente Physical Review Letter journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/1…

What are the physical mechanisms behind the cell mechanics or behavior of Physarum polycephalum? Our review explores the physical aspects of this fascinating unicellular, from cell and fluid mechanics to network properties and behavior. arxiv.org/abs/2306.09063

Dropped plastic bottles containing swirling water bounce significantly less than bottles containing standing still water after impacting the floor Letter: journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/1… Focus: physics.aps.org/articles/v16/1…

Nice work from Phil Bayly, Susan Dutcher and collaborators, using acoustic trapping as an alternative way to confine microswimmers so the can be imaged at high res, including flagellar synchrony in the case of #chlamydomonas. pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.10…

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S.P. Kharal, N.J. Jones, and G. Petculescu investigate the effect of phase evolution on three acoustic parameters in sensitized 5xxx series alumium alloys under the framework of the Johnson-Mehl-Avrami-Kolmogorov model in this article: doi.org/10.5006/4649