Explosives are used in many fields, including mining and demolition, but storing these devices is difficult and dangerous. Hundreds of accidents — many resulting in fatalities — have happened over Keep reading
Tag: 3D printing
Surface Fat Gives Chocolate’s Mouthfeel
Understanding the interactions of food and our mouths is incredibly difficult. There are lots of changes going on: shape changes from chewing, viscosity changes as saliva lubricates the food, and, Keep reading
Twisting Free
Anyone who’s dealt with hot glue guns is familiar with the long, thin tails of glue they leave behind. 3D printers suffer from a similar problem with the nozzle pulls Keep reading
Programmable Capillary Action
Capillary action combines the cohesive forces within a liquid and the adhesive forces between a liquid and solid to enable a liquid to fill narrow spaces, even against the force Keep reading
Fast-Switching Multi-Material 3D Printer
For 3D printers to reach their potential, they need to handle more than one material and be able to swap quickly and seamlessly between them. That’s a tall order given how different Keep reading
Using Sound to Print
Inkjet printing and other methods for directing and depositing tiny droplets rely on the force of gravity to overcome the internal forces that hold a liquid together. But that requires Keep reading
The Fluid Dynamical Sewing Machine
If you’ve drizzled viscous liquids like honey or syrup, you’ve no doubt witnessed their ability to coil. Combine that coiling with a moving platform and you form a system known Keep reading
Fish, Feathers, and Phlegm
Inside Science has a new documentary all about fluid dynamics! It features interviews with five researchers about current work ranging from the physics of surfing to the spreading of diseases. Keep reading
Fluids Round-up
Time for another look at some of the best fluids content out there. It’s the fluids round-up – with a special focus this week on oceans! – Ryan Pernofski spent Keep reading
Printing in Glass
A group at MIT have created a new 3D printer that builds with molten glass. This allows them to manufacture items that would difficult, if not impossible, to create with Keep reading