The increasing demand for renewable energy resources, such as solar and wind power, necessitates the development of large-scale electrical energy-storage (EES) systems, for example, for load leveling ...

A recent assessment of material flows for various resins indicates a need for significant improvement in recovery and end-of-life processes to ensure a truly circular ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- How does toothpaste stay in its tube and not ooze out when we remove the cap? What causes seemingly solid ground to suddenly break free into a landslide? Defining exactly how soft ...

How does toothpaste stay in its tube and not ooze out when we remove the cap? What causes seemingly solid ground to suddenly break free into a landslide? Defining exactly how soft materials flow and ...

It will orbit the ringed planet 74 times during its four year mission and execute 45 flybys of Titan, some of them only hundreds of kilometers from the moon’s surface. To keep the probe on its ...

Sand in an hourglass might seem simple and straightforward, but such granular materials are actually tricky to model. From far away, flowing sand resembles a liquid, streaming down the center of an ...

Historically high fuel prices have forced Americans to completely re-think their driving habits, from the type of vehicles they drive to how they go about their daily errands. Likewise in the business ...

As a result of recent environmental regulations, many utilities in the United States have already switched or are thinking about switching to Powder River Basin (PRB) coal. One of the primary reasons ...