Famous Fluid Equations Spring a Leak

Math and Science News from Quanta Magazine View this email in your browser FLUID DYNAMICS   Famous Fluid Equations Spring a Leak By KEVIN HARTNETT Researchers have spent centuries looking for a scenario in which the Euler fluid equations fail. Now a mathematician has finally found one. Read the article Share Tweet Forward FLUID DYNAMICS(2017)   Mathematicians Find Wrinkle in Famed Fluid Equations By KEVIN HARTNETT  Two mathematicians prove that under certain extreme conditions, the Navier-Stokes equations output nonsense. Read the article ABSTRACTIONS BLOG(2018)   What Makes the Hardest Equations in Physics So Difficult? By KEVIN HARTNETT  The Navier-Stokes equations describe simple phenomena, yet they provide a million-dollar mathematical challenge. Read the blog CRYSTALS   Toward a Grand Unified Theory of Snowflakes By REBECCA BOYLE Snow crystals come in two main types. The "pope" of snowflake physics has a new theory that explains why. Read the article Share Tweet Forward CHEMISTRY   Black, Hot Ice May Be Nature's Most Common Form of Water By JOSHUA SOKOL Read the article ABSTRACTIONS BLOG   No Dark Energy? No Chance, Cosmologists Contend By NATALIE WOLCHOVER A study challenged the evidence for the mysterious antigravitational force known as dark energy. Then cosmologists shot back. Read the blog Share Tweet Forward COSMOLOGY   Cosmologists Debate How Fast the Universe Is Expanding By NATALIE WOLCHOVER Read the article ABSTRACTIONS BLOG   Sleeping Brain Waves Draw a Healthy Bath for Neurons By ELENA RENKEN An organized tide of brain waves, blood and spinal fluid pulsing through a sleeping brain may flush away neural toxins that cause Alzheimer's and other diseases. Read the blog Share Tweet Forward NEUROSCIENCE   Dueling Brain Waves Anchor or Erase Learning During Sleep By ELENA RENKEN Read the article Follow Quanta Simons Foundation 160 5th Avenue, 7th Floor New York, NY 10010 Unsubscribe | About Quanta Privacy Policy | Terms | Contact Us   Copyright © 2019 Quanta Magazine, an editorially independent division of Simons Foundation