Researchers at Rice University, Purdue University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have solved a long-standing mystery about why some fluids containing polymers -- including saliva -- ...

Researchers have discovered precisely why strands of some fluids containing long molecules called polymers form beads when stretched, findings that could be used to improve industrial processes and ...

The new feature enables control of bead formation and rapid production of particles with different sizes, shapes, and morphologies. Dolomite Microfluidics, a design and manufacturing company based in ...

This paper develops elastic styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene (SEBS) beads to be used as additives in magnetorheological fluids (MRFs). With their ability to control physical properties in the ...

Blue eels rely on their nervous system, that sends electrical waves through their spinal cord, to actuate their muscle and move. In Fraden lab, people have been able to mimic the nervous system of a ...