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Blood, lymph fluid and other biological liquids can have surprising and sometimes troubling properties. Many of these biological solutions are non-Newtonian fluids, a type of liquid that is characterized by a non-linear relationship between stress and strain. Consequently, non-Newtonian fluids dont necessarily behave as one would expect from a liquid. For example, some of these peculiar fluids deform when touched lightly but will act almost as a solid when a strong force is applied.

<p>Our bodies are made up of trillions of different cells, each fulfilling their own unique function to keep us alive. How do cells move around inside these extremely complicated systems? How do they know where to go? And how did they get so complicated to begin with? Simple yet profound questions like these are at the heart of curiosity-driven basic research, which focuses on the fundamental principles of natural phenomena. A constellation of researchers from three different research unit...

Pirouz Kavehpour is being recognized for his leadership in microfluidics research and modeling.

A geophysicist who studies cavitation in volcanoes fluid-filled magmatic cracks and an engineer examining the fluid dynamics and collective behavior of aquatic robot swarms have earned National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Awards.

A collaboration between the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and the Polytechnic University of Milan has found that when a fluid is pumped through a pipe in an intermittent way, the cost of transport is significantly reduced.

To understand how life emerged, scientists investigate the chemistry of carbon and water. In the case of water, they track the various forms, or