3.26 Drexel Researchers Discover Liquids Have a Breaking Point In a development that could shift our basic understanding of fluid mechanics, researchers from Drexel University have reported that, given the right circumstances, it is possible to induce a simple liquid to fracture like a solid object. Recently published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the research shows how viscous liquids can suddenly break if stretched with enough force.
3.24 Engineering and Entrepreneurship: Building from the Ground Up Confirming the presence of microplastics in seafood currently requires breaking the sample down through chemical digestion, a slow and destructive process poorly suited for routine screening. Drexel's Lifeng Zhou, working with colleagues at Virginia Tech, has developed a faster alternative that can detect microplastics directly on fish surfaces without any sample preparation.
3.23 AI and Light-Based Imaging Take Aim at Microplastics in the Food Supply Confirming the presence of microplastics in seafood currently requires breaking the sample down through chemical digestion, a slow and destructive process poorly suited for routine screening. Drexel's Lifeng Zhou, working with colleagues at Virginia Tech, has developed a faster alternative that can detect microplastics directly on fish surfaces without any sample preparation.