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The first of the CEE Distinguished Engineering and Science Speaker Seminar Series, presented Oct. 26, 2011 by Dr. Albert-Laszlo BarabasiCenter for Complex Networks Research Northeastern University Department of Medicine and CCSB Harvard Medical ...

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This is a culture flask being shaken in front of a video camera. The dark whorls are actually light backscattering off elongated microbes locally aligned with the turbulent flow. Video / Marcos, Seymour, Luhar, Durham, Mitchell, Macke and Stocker ...

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The strength of a protein-based materials like spider silk lies in the specific geometric configuration of structural proteins, which have small clusters of weak hydrogen bonds that work cooperatively to resist force and dissipate energy. This video shows the failure of a ...

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Marine microbes -- though invisible to the naked eye -- perform functions that are vital for the health of the ocean. With no vision or hearing, they navigate their environment by following chemical signals. One of these chemicals, DMSP, elicits attraction among several ...

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2010 Freeman Lecture: "Rubbish, Stink & Death"
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2010 Freeman Lecture: "Rubbish, Stink & Death"

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1.961 Life at low Reynolds numbersIntroduction to the class Brownian motion

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1.961 - Lecture 3 – Diffusion around a sphere

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1.961 Life at low Reynolds numbersSolving the diffusion equation A fundamental property of diffusion: rapid smearing of fine-scale heterogeneities

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1.961 - Lecture 6 – Receptors

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1.961 Life at low Reynolds numbersPoiseuille flow The advection-diffusion equation Stretching the mixing zone: enhancing diffusion via shear

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