Findings from a table-top experiment have revealed that the primary driver of a type of fluid flow called solutal convection has been overlooked. What's more, once this driver is accounted for, it ...

MechSE Associate Professor Kyle Smith and doctoral student Md Abdul Hamid recently published an article in the Journal of Power Sources. Their study, “A bottom-up, multi-scale theory for transient ...

Using sound waves, scientists challenge standard theories of solar convection The NYUAD researchers’ analysis of the supergranules presents a challenge to the current understanding of solar convection ...

New research suggests that Venus could be much more geologically active than previously thought. A groundbreaking study by Viatcheslav S. Solomatov and Chhavi Jain proposes that Venus’ crust may be ...

Understanding what triggers severe storms is not just a question for scientists but a matter of safety and preparedness for communities worldwide. Severe weather events like thunderstorms and ...

When Yu "Alex" Liang started graduate school at The University of Texas at Austin, he was tasked with running a straight-forward experiment to collect data on a well-understood phenomenon in fluid ...