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Physicists make interesting discovery in Earth's core-inspired study Interesting Engineering, by Christopher McFadden May 15, 2023 |
Physicists take the temperature of fluid flows and discover new role for turbulence Phys.org, by James Devitt (NYU) May 16, 2023 |
如何有效控制对流体中的热量传输？ (Thermal transistors in the making) By 剑桥大学出版社 (Cambridge University Press) Feb 07, 2023 |
纸张引水背后也有流体力学原理? (The hydrodynamic principle behind paper wetting/soaking) By 剑桥大学出版社 (Cambridge University Press) March 31, 2022 |
Chaotic walks out from steadiness By NYU Shanghai August, 2021 |
Scientists find way to navigate a heavy uphill climb By James Devitt ScienceDaily, July 14, 2021 |
Asymmetry Helps Tiny Rods Swim Upstream By Peter Weiss American Physical Society Focus, Oct 25, 2019 |
TINY MOTORS SHOW IT TAKES A ’TILT’ TO SWIM UPSTREAM By James Devitt Futurity, Oct 29, 2019 |
Waarom zijn zoveel meteorieten die op aarde landen kegelvormig? By Vivian Lammerse Scientias (Dutch), August 14, 2019 |
Cone-shaped meteorites are ‘just right’ for plummeting to Earth By Aaron Fillo PBS Nova, August 13, 2019 |
What gives meteorites their shape? By James Devitt Science Daily, July 22, 2019 |
Fish Use Physics to Avoid Running into Each Other By Katherine J. Wu PBS NOVA, January 29, 2019 |
How do fish & birds hang together? Researchers find the answer is a wake with purpose By James Devitt Phys.org, January 28, 2019 |
How birds of a feather flock together By Kat Eschner Popular Science, January 29, 2019 |
Guiding nanomotors with teardrops... Cover artwork by the NYU Math/Chemistry/Physics team Soft Matter, July 21, 2017 |
How do birds fly? By Thomas Crawford Cambridge Core Blog, May 30, 2017 |
Wie im Fluge By Philip Bittermann Chemie Technik, May 6, 2015 |
How fish feel By Nicola Twilley The New Yorker, March 18, 2015 |
Fishes' lateral lines sense pressure and predators By Gretchen Cuda Kroen Scientific American, Feb. 25, 2015 |
La pompe a machoires dentees By David Larousserie Le Monde, Feb. 18, 2015 |
New insight on how lateral lines give fish 'sixth sense' for flowing water By Alex Card FISHSENS Magazine, Feb. 10, 2015 |
Pumpen durch Vibration By Thomas Brandstetter Das Physikportal, Feb. 5, 2015 |
Industrial Pump Inspired by Flapping Bird Wings By Laurel Hamers American Institute of Physics (AIP) Publishing, Feb. 3, 2015 |
New pump brings birds to world of water Engineeringcareer.net, Feb. 4, 2015 |
They see flow signals: Researchers identify nature of 'sixth sense' in fish James Devitt (NYU) ScienceDaily, Jan. 12, 2015 |
Courant professors create flying robot By Hannah Luu (WSN) Washington Square News, Dec. 10, 2013 |
The Unusual Physics of Floating Pyramids By Kate McAlpine Science Now, Feb. 7, 2012 |
Why you shouldn't expect a hoverboard any time soon By Trevor Quirk The Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 13, 2012 |
Boffins claim breakthrough in hovering robothopter experiments By Lewis Page The Register (UK), Feb. 13, 2012 |
New research could lead to hovering airplanes for the military The State Column, Feb. 11, 2012 |
Hovering isn’t difficult if you’re top heavy By Trent Nouveau The TG Daily, Feb. 10, 2012 |
Researchers Get Closer to Replicating Flapping-Wing Flight by Damon Poeter PCMAG.COM, Feb. 13, 2012 |
Research Finds Top-Heavy Flying Objects Maintain Balance Best by James Devitt Futurity, Feb. 13, 2012 |
Research Finds Top-Heavy Flying Objects Maintain Balance Best Red Orbit Feb. 13, 2012 |
The weird and beautiful world of fluid dynamics by Jane J. Lee WIRED Science June 22, 2011 |
Best of the web - November 2010 Cornstarch shapes clay with precision Work credit: Bin Liu, Leif Ristroph, Annie Weathers, Stephen Childress, Jun Zhang Futurity, November 4, 2010 |
Best of the web - November 2010 The locomotion of C. elegans Work credit: Trush Majmudar, Eric Keaveny, Jun Zhang and Mike Shelley New Scientist, November, 2010 |
Cornstarch solution can help shape solid materials Science Daily.com November, 2010 |
Cornstarch solution can help shape solid materials News from the field National Science Foundation Nov. 4, 2010 |
How Come?: Why do flags flap in the wind? In "Health," by Kathy Wollard NewDay.com March 30, 2009 |
Follow the leader? Research Highlights, Nature Physics, 4 p903, December 2008 |
Physics: flags and drag, Research Highlights, Nature, 456 p284, November 20, 2008 |
Flapping flags in tandem, Back Scatter, Physics Today, November, 2008 |
Aerodynamics: Blowin' in the wind, Michelangelo D'Agostino, Economist, November 27, 2008 |
Being the Leader of Pack is not Always a Drag, WIRED, November 19, 2008 |
Lead-flapping objects experience less wind resistance than their trailing counterparts, e! Science News, November 10, 2008 |
Following the leader can be a drag, according to student's research on flapping flags, Lauren Gold, Cornell Chronical Online, November 6, 2008 |
Table-top experiment could explain why continents drift. Science News 24 June, 2008 (one must sign-in to read article) |
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Physical Review Focus -- Desktop Continental Drift, Mike Wofsey, Physical Review Focus, 12 June, 2008 (contains videos from the experiments) |
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New Scientist Environment -- Why continents split up and get back together, Devin Powell, New Scientist, 02 July, 2008 |
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Earth-in-a-box may explain continental drift, On Youtube New Scientist, 2008 |
Winging it: Can physics solve the mystery of avian flight? Erica Westly, Scienceline.org, July 18, 2007 |
In a flap (biomechanics) Michael Hopkin, "News and Views in brief", Nature, Vol 429, p147, 2004 |
The Visa Trap Yilu Zhao New York Times, Jan. 18, 2004 |
Fish 'n Flag Ulrike K. Muller Science, November 2003; 302:1511-1512 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1092367] in Perspectives |
Foreign scholars in visa limbo Charles W. Petit, US News, p49, Oct. 13, 2003 |
La flexibilidad, secreto de la naturaleza Kenneth Chang (NYT), EL PAIS, Futuro, p36, 15-01-2003 |
NYU Scientists Show the Benefits of Being Flexible Faculty of Arts and Science, NYU, Research Highlights December 18 2002 |
Nature's secret to building for strength: Flexibility Kenneth Chang, The New York Times, December 17, 2002 |
Stark durch Nachgeben Andrea Naica-Loebell Telepolis 11 12 2002 |
Science Update: "Daffodils do the twist" Philip Ball, Nature, 6 december 2002 |
News and Views, "Bend and Survive" Victor Steinberg, Nature, vol 420, p473, 2002 |
Tevereterno Collaboration with Artist Kristin Jones W. Stephen Childress, Michael J. Shelley, Jun Zhang |
ABC World Evening News: To Scientists, Simple Things Not So Simple World Evening News with Peter Jenings, ABC by Ned Potter, ABC Television, March 19, 2002 |
Squeeze Tease, New Scientist, P 38, 2 February 2002, by Bruce Schechter, Brooklyn, New York |
News and Comment - the rest of the story Paul Harvey, ABC Radio, Jan. 23,2002 |
Scientific head-scratures survive Meteorites, flapping flags remain mystery Keay Davidson, San Francisco Chronicle, January 21, 2002 |
Science News Update World Book 2002 Science Year, by World Book, Inc. Chicago |
Flapping flags Physics Central, Picture of the Week, September 2001 |
Turbulent heat flow: structures and scaling Leo P. Kadanoff, Physics Today, August 2001 p 34 |
Scientists remain engaged in flag flap Newark Star Ledger, June 13, 2001 p A-2 |
Flag Day Newspaper Stories Bruce T. Seeman Newhouse News Service, July 2001 |
How do fish swim? Tony Phillips American Mathematical Society Math in the Media, February 2001 |
Folha de S.Paulo Folha Ciencia, Science section, 14 December 2000 |
Much ado about flapping Kathy A. Svitil Discover Vol.22, No. 4, April 2001, p.16 |
Fil battant Actualite' La Recherche No. 339, February 2001 p 10 |
All in a flap, Physics World, Jan., 2001, p 3 |
Blowin' in the wind Adrian Cho New Scientist, This Week, 16 December 200, p 15 |
Flatternder Faden, Spektrum (Germany), Bild des Monats (Picture of the month)Feb., P27, 2001 |
BBC radio, Science in Action, Presenter: RIchard Blakc , Producer: Roland Pease, Dec 16, 2000 |
Silk and soap settle a century-old flap P. Weiss Science News, References & Sources, Week of Dec. 16, 2000 (Article in: Science News, Vol. 158, No. 25, Dec. 16, 2000, P. Weiss, p. 390 also see: Letters, vol. 159, No. 7, p99, February 17, 2001) |
Fun with flat fluids: Some very serious and sober experiments with giant soap films, courtesy of Shawn Carlson Scientific American, Amateur Scientist |
Flying the flag for fluid dynamics PhysicsWorld, News: December 2000 |
Swimming in Flatsea Greg Huber Nature, News and Views, vol 408, p777, 14 December 2000 |
Fluid dynamics: The physics of flapping Nature, Highlights, 14 December 2000 |
Physics: Silk and soap show why flags flap Jonathan Trout Nature, Science Update, Thurday 14 December 2000 |