Hilbert's 6th problem solved?? arxiv.org/abs/2503.01800

When passive particles are deformable, they can self-propel even in a low Reynolds flow! Roggeveen & Stone from @eprinceton show how an analog of a curved fiber drifts in directions different from the background flow, highlighting the role of elasticity go.aps.org/43y5s4q

A single quantum droplet in a two-component bosonic mixture of ultracold atoms breaks up into multiple droplets, a behavior consistent with capillary instability go.aps.org/4kyftEQ

Check out our latest publication in @nanoletters led by Mike Mitchell PhD student and lab softball Coach Hannah Safford where we explore tuning LNP elasticity using atomic force microscopy to enhance mRNA LNP delivery to the placenta! Link to article: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

In a Perspective published this week by the journal Nature Materials, Carlos Portela and James Surjadi discuss key hurdles, opportunities, and future applications in the field of mechanical metamaterials. Read more: mitsha.re/Ett250VjbKQ

Capillary thinning in dilute polymer solutions slows with concentration—but why? In our new PRX paper, we show that molecular weight distribution, not self-concentration from chain stretching, governs the dynamics—without requiring interchain interactions.journals.aps.org/prx/abstract/1…

Our latest work sheds light on the striking similarities between the non-linear mechanical responses of particle-filled polymer hydrogels and biological tissues - out now in Nature Physics: nature.com/articles/s4156… /w Gareth McKinley MIT MechE

Really looking forward to giving my talk as part of the Fluid Mechanics Webinar Series 😊 #JFM Matar Fluids Group Imperial ChemEng Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD) Journal of Fluid Mechanics #FluidDynamics #Multiphase #Flows

Scalar mixing is a beautiful thing. We're starting to look into how compressible turbulence caused by particle wakes and shocks mix scalars

The effect of shear-thinning on the scalings and small-scale structures of turbulence Journal of Fluid Mechanics bit.ly/3ZoiDlX

#MachineLearning meets #MultiphaseFlow Special Issue in Int. J. Multiphase Flow👇 sciencedirect.com/special-issue/… & PREMIERE - UKRI-funded Research Programme paper on #Physics- and #Data-driven #Modelling & #Simulation 👉tinyurl.com/kcxwvwfh Nausheen Basha Imperial ChemEng ChemEng Bham UCL Chemical Engineering

MIT Short Course: Machine Learning for Materials Informatics - Jul 28 - 31, 2025 (3.5 days) - LIVE VIRTUAL Instructor: Prof. Markus J Buehler, [email protected] Material informatics is transforming the way materials are discovered, understood, developed, selected, and used. In

Amazing to have Detlef Lohse with us at Imperial ChemEng 🙌 Detlef will be talking to us about melting and tipping #Glacial #melting, #ocean currents #ClimateChange Grantham Institute Imperial Imperial College London Physics of Fluids @ UTwente Matar Fluids Group

Happening now 🔊 Panel session Advanced Materials Show featuring 2D Nano CEO and #ImperialChemEng researcher, Andrius Patapas 🌟 🔗 qrco.de/ChemEngEnterpr… #NEC25 #OurImperial #ImperialEnterprise

Oldroyd-A = Oldroyd-B in 2D flows — but diverge in 3D! Disclike particles can suppress inertial turbulence. 👏 Congrats to Fabian on his 2nd first-author paper, in PRL. 👏 Great wrap-up by former postdoc Stelios Varchanis (Flatiron Institute) journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/1…

New paper out in Nature Communications! Together with Johns Hopkins we showed that the persistent streaks observed during lunar landings is caused by Görtler instability triggered by rocket plumes. Story: news.engin.umich.edu/2025/07/solvin… Paper: nature.com/articles/s4146…

Thank you Wolfson Foundation for the grant which will support the development of the #Sustainable #Futures Lab at Imperial College London. Check out the news story here 👇

Happy to share our last paper 👉 nature.com/articles/s4146… where we show how beads can turn flexible fiber networks into load-bearing structures. Fun to build, tricky to crack—these metamaterials keep you on your toes! (literally) Lauren Dreier Trevor

Thrilled to announce I’ve signed with Tommy Dean (is open to queries) at Rosecliff Literary Rosecliff Literary to represent my debut novel A Body at Rest, a historical mystery set in 1945 Ithaca, NY. Excited to share more as the publishing journey unfolds!

In our new paper in PRL, we explore how soft glassy materials "remember" past deformation (i.e., residual stress), and how to measure and predict it. Paper (only 5 pages long): journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/1… MIT News: news.mit.edu/2025/soft-mate…